Health Care

More than a decade after Massachusetts enacted a landmark law designed to contain health care cost growth, the trend continues to head in the wrong direction, spawning warnings from regulators and industry leaders.

Dozens of Central Massachusetts nonprofits have received funds ranging from $5,000 to $30,000, as part of the Worcester-based Reliant Foundation’s 2023 community grants.

Tenet Healthcare has named a new chief nursing officer to oversee its hospitals in Worcester, Framingham, and Natick, while its former nursing executive departs to take on a role at ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School.

Heywood Urgent Care and parent company Heywood Healthcare, which has filed for bankruptcy, are dialing back urgent care offerings at the 266 Main St. location in Gardner. Starting in December, the office will no longer accept same-day walk-in patients for the general public.

Chicago-based biotech giant AbbVie, which has a large bioresearch facility in Worcester, will acquire Waltham’s ImmunoGen and its flagship ovarian cancer treatment drug in an more than $10-billion transaction.

Marlborough-based ReWalk Robotics, a firm that develops assistive walking devices, has added artificial intelligence capabilities to its next prototype.

Anna Maria College in Paxton has added three new members to its board of trustees, who come with expertise in the realms of health and human services, fire science, and public safety, areas the college sees as points of strength for its curriculum.

About 88,000 more people lost MassHealth coverage in October, the largest monthly decline yet in the year-long...

Worcester Business Journal has launched the annual survey of its readers for the end-of-year Economic Forecast special edition, in order to ascertain business leaders' outlooks on the Central Massachusetts economy in the coming year.

Florida-based Haven Health Management is expanding its substance abuse treatment facility in Worcester with a new unit focused on providing mental health care.