Health Care

Health officials are rolling out regulations to implement a 2024 law legalizing the use of certified medication aides in long-term care facilities, rules that supporters say will help address severe staffing shortages but that nurses are still wary could put patients at risk.

DPH and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched a joint, unannounced investigation into Saint Vincent in January.

After 10 years serving as City of Worcester’s Health & Human Services Commissioner, Dr. Matilde Castiel is calling it a career, sort of.

Surrounded by health care advocates and curious tourists peering into Nurses Hall, Gov. Maura Healey signed an expanded shield law Thursday giving patients and providers in Massachusetts a new layer of defense against out-of-state intrusion into reproductive and transgender care.

The hospital hopes to see its first patient at its expanded emergency department by November 2026.

Nearly 40% of Massachusetts residents dealt with at least one unmet health-related social need in 2023, with that rate disproportionately magnified among Black and Hispanic Bay Staters, according to a new report from state health officials.

Before his departure, Bailey had previously served as the nonprofit health insurer’s interim president and CEO between January and July of 2024.

Lifeward mobility products will be available in six new countries following the company's expanded partnership with its England-based distributor. 

Mass General Brigham and CVS want to team up to tackle the dearth of primary care services in Massachusetts by expanding care options at MinuteClinic locations.

Alliance’s existing facilities are located in Marlborough, Templeton, Braintree, Brockton, Foxborough, Peabody, Quincy, and Wrentham.