Health Care

Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare has the lowest primary cesarean-section rate of all hospitals in Massachusetts, according to The...

On the verge of the start of the open enrollment period, Health Connector Executive Director Louis Gutierrez said the state's health insurance clearinghouse will operate better than it has in past years, though he doesn't expect the process to be entirely free of bugs.

In order to lure Eugene Bullis out of retirement to serve as interim chief financial officer for about six months, Worcester-based Hanover Insurance agreed to pay him more than $100,000 per month plus a $75,000 signing bonus, according to regulatory filings.

UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus received only a “C” score in an industry watchdog's annual ranking of hospital safety.

Amid a national push to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, home care workers in Massachusetts urged lawmakers Tuesday to boost their pay level.

The Massachusetts Medical Society, a professional society representing about 25,000 Bay State doctors and medical students, maintained its tradition of opposing physician-assisted suicide during testimony before the legislature's Joint Committee on Public Health Tuesday.

Laura Roias is the program director at Walden Behavioral Care's Worcester clinic, specializing in the treatment of eating disorders.

For city leaders who have championed downtown redevelopment efforts, UMass Memorial Health Care's upcoming lease of 75,000 square feet in the Front Street office towers marks major progress toward revitalization.

MetroWest hospitals have come out on top for safety in a semiannual ranking by The Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital watchdog organization.

Worcester-based Spectrum Health Systems has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to operate a reentry program for offenders leaving prison considered at high-risk for resuming criminal activity.