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Health Care

  • Saint Vincent union workers picket amid strained contract negotiations

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo May 10, 2024

    In yet another addition to ongoing disputes between Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester and its workers, the hospital is embroiled in contract negotiations with UFCW Local 1445, a union representing about 300 Saint Vincent employees.

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo May 10, 2024
  • Coalition seeks to add business perspective to healthcare debates

    Michael P. Norton | State House News Service May 8, 2024

    Eileen McAnneny, known for her work at major business trade groups, will lead the Employer Coalition on Health, which lists an an assortment of business groups and employers among its founding members as well as the state Group Insurance Commission.

    Michael P. Norton | State House News Service May 8, 2024
  • Steward Health Care files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    Colin Young and Michael Norton | State House News Service May 6, 2024

    Steward Health Care, the operator of the third largest hospital system in Massachusetts, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, seeking the legal protection to restructure its debt while leaving its hospitals open.

    Colin Young and Michael Norton | State House News Service May 6, 2024
  • Opponents of psychedelics decriminalization form campaign, cite home grow provision as concern

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service May 3, 2024

    A new campaign chaired by a Massachusetts General Hospital surgeon will oppose a potential ballot question seeking to decriminalize some psychedelic substances.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service May 3, 2024
  • DPH extends use of hospital temporary beds amidst capacity challenges

    Alison Kuznitz I State House News Service May 3, 2024

    Overburdened Massachusetts hospitals are allowed through next April to keep using temporary beds to bolster their capacity to care for patients.

    Alison Kuznitz I State House News Service May 3, 2024
  • Hologic to acquire UK-based breast cancer tech manufacturer for $310M

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 30, 2024

    Hologic, a Marlborough-based medical device manufacturer, is expanding its product catalog through the planned $310-million acquisition of Endomagnetics. 

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 30, 2024
  • More than 350,000 dropped from MassHealth since April 2023

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service April 30, 2024

    On the verge of completing a year-long process to reassess eligibility for every member, the MassHealth public insurance program has now cut more than 350,000 people from its rolls since last April.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service April 30, 2024
  • WBJ names the Power 100, the most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2024

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024

    In this first-time expansion of the previous power players list, WBJ names the professionals in Central Massachusetts who most effectively wield their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and community.

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Kurt Isaacson

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024

    Kurt Isaacson and Spectrum Health Systems stand at the forefront of treating the rising problem of addiction.

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Mary Craig Ritter

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Today, Ritter plans products and pricing fitting with Fallon’s ever-increasing focus on serving vulnerable populations. Fallon has 200,000+ members, making it a small but important link in the Mass. health plan market.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Amie Shei

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024

    Amie Shei’s career centers the health of the Central Massachusetts population, especially amongst those in disenfranchised communities.

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Girish Navani

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Not only an innovator, Navani is something of a gatekeeper as eClinicalWorks and most other large technology companies move to incorporate artificial intelligence into their products, advocating for a measured approach making AI a tool, not an

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Debra Maddox

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Central Massachusetts born and educated, Debra Maddox has a firm hand on the pulse of the people she and her team serve at the Multicultural Wellness Center, founded in 2005.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Jessica Sassi

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Now, the next generation of the organization falls to Vincent Strully’s hand-picked successor: Jessica Sassi, who took over the top leadership role in 2023.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Lou Brady

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024

    After the coronavirus pandemic threw an already strained healthcare system into chaos, Lou Brady appears to have pulled FHCW out of a deep dive and turned around a once-tenuous financial position.

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Dominique Muldoon

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Muldoon paid one of the highest prices in standing up for what she believed in: She lost her job.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

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This week, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and entrepreneurial hub Auxilium will launch StartUp Week Worcester, a multi-day event with tours, workshops, and a collegiate pitch competition. The event is part of the city’s greater effort to bring more attention to its burgeoning startup scene. Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives has been a leader in bringing more young startups to the region and just saw the opening of the offices of investment firm Conifer Life Sciences at MBI.