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Creditors challenge $30M in state aid for Steward hospitals
July 31, 2024A group of companies that are owed money from bankrupt Steward Health Care want a judge to mandate changes to the agreement that Massachusetts state government has to provide $30 million to support Steward hospitals "as they are transitioned to new
July 31, 2024
Healey: 'Nothing I can do' to stop Nashoba Valley Medical Center closure
July 30, 2024Gov. Maura Healey said Monday that she lacks the authority to keep two Steward Health Care hospitals open, after the bankrupt company signaled Friday its intent to flout state regulations by prematurely shuttering Carney Hospital in Dorchester and
July 30, 2024
UMass Chan professor receives $2.6M for research targeting radiation resistant breast cancer
July 29, 2024A researcher at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has been awarded $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop a therapeutic treatment to address radiation resistance in triple-negative breast cancer.
July 29, 2024-
Steward Health seeks $30M from Mass. in emergency motion
July 29, 2024A proposed order filed in the Steward Health Care bankruptcy case outlines a "commitment" from state government in Massachusetts to provide $30 million to support Steward hospitals "as they are transitioned to new operators in the near-term."
July 29, 2024 
Nashoba Valley Medical Center to close
July 26, 2024The bankrupt Steward Health Care said Friday that it is closing two of its hospitals here in the next month or so -- Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer -- that received no qualified bids in its sales process.
July 26, 2024
Mass. House unanimously passes prescription drug cost overhaul
July 25, 2024Reining in prescription drug prices and subjecting industry middlemen to greater scrutiny are the next major health care reforms en route to private negotiations after the House unanimously approved legislation Wednesday.
July 25, 2024
Since becoming first in nation to implement new emergency room AI program, UMass Memorial has seen accuracy improve
July 24, 2024UMass Memorial Medical Center’s emergency room in Worcester last year quietly became the first level-one trauma center in the United States to implement KATE AI.
July 24, 2024
All Mass. Steward hospitals receive bids amidst bankruptcy sale
July 24, 2024All of Steward Health Care's Massachusetts hospitals received bids as the for-profit company looks to sell off its facilities during ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday.
July 24, 2024
U.S. News: UMass Chan is best school in Northeast for primary care
July 23, 2024UMass Chan Medical School’s T.H. Chan School of Medicine in Worcester has been named one of the top 15 best graduate medical schools for primary care in the nation for 2024 by the U.S. News & World Report.
July 23, 2024
Whitinsville rehab one of three Mass. facilities placed under receivership
July 23, 2024Three long-term care facilities owned by Blupoint Healthcare are under temporary receivership after state officials grew worried about staffing levels and poor quality of care, Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office announced Monday.
July 23, 2024
Mass. unemployment rate rises again in June
July 22, 2024The Massachusetts unemployment rate continued to increase in June for the second month in a row following three months of unchanged rates.
July 22, 2024
Movers & Shakers for July 22, 2024
Updated: July 22, 2024Employees at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, Shepherd & Goldstein of Worcester, and Nichols College in Dudley are on the up and up.
Updated: July 22, 2024
Home care, without the home: New pilot program aims to improve post-hospital care and reduce homelessness
Updated: July 22, 2024UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has partnered with the Framingham nonprofit South Middlesex Opportunity Council to open in February a seven-bed pilot respite program.
Updated: July 22, 2024
Family Health Center granted $30K to enhance pregnancy and postpartum services for people of color
July 19, 2024Family Health Center of Worcester is one of 12 Massachusetts organizations receiving $360,000 in grants from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation in support of efforts to improve perinatal care for pregnant people of color.
July 19, 2024-
State health care bill seeking to increase scrutiny of private equity heads to conference committee
July 19, 2024The Senate voted 38-2 on its rewrite (S 2871) of the wide-ranging, House-approved legislation, a measure that supporters believe will plug holes in oversight of hospitals, especially for-profit systems like the bankrupt Steward Health Care.
July 19, 2024 
Health Foundation grants $900K to community health organizations
July 18, 2024The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts has awarded $890,455 through its Activation Fund grants program to eight local organizations addressing health issues throughout the community.
July 18, 2024
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