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Worcester-based Reliant Medical Group, an affiliate of Atrius Health, announced yesterday that it has acquired Chadwick Medical Associates of Worcester.

Most MetroWest-area hospitals were profitable in fiscal 2013, but profits faltered considerably at most hospitals, year over year, according to a report issued last week by the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA). CHIA released the financial information in its 2013 Massachusetts Acute Hospital Financial Performance Report, the first such report by the agency, which is tasked with monitoring health care spending under the state's 2012 health care cost containment law.

Two physicians from the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (UMMC) have been selected to lead the Massachusetts Medical Society for the 2014-2015 year.

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Increased access to “treatment on demand” for addicts, automatic enrollment of all prescribers and pharmacies in the state's prescription monitoring program, and greater access to antidotes to treat opiate addiction are among the ideas backed by doctors Tuesday as policymakers consider ways to address addiction problems.

Massachusetts has scrapped its hopes for a totally customized state-based health exchange under the Affordable Care Act, and will instead purchase an “off the shelf” solution that can be installed by the fall with the possibility of joining the federal exchange looming as a fallback if all else fails.

HealthAlliance Hospital has tapped a longtime hospital leader with experience in integrating community hospitals into larger medical centers as its next president and CEO.

Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care is partnering with a Minneapolis IT company to integrate patients' end-of-life directives into its electronic medical records system, a measure that's expected to reduce costs.