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Advocates urge state to boost wages for adult care workers
February 22, 2024Since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down day programs and other services for adults living with disabilities, there has been a backlog of people unable to get back into those programs that advocates say are necessary for their mental and physical
February 22, 2024
Hospital operators eye Steward Health Care assets as pressure on company mounts
February 22, 2024Steward Health Care's landlord said Wednesday that Steward hospitals have drawn significant interest from other potential operators, the latest hint that facilities might soon be transferred away from the financially floundering for-profit system.
February 22, 2024
Governor says Steward should sell Mass. facilities, accuses company of dishonesty
February 21, 2024Healey penned a three-page letter to Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre, which her office publicized, alleging that his team has "not been forthcoming, truthful or responsive" about the apparent financial distress the hospitals are facing.
February 21, 2024
Q&A: Worcester tech entrepreneur aims to put software on the moon
Updated: February 19, 2024Brian Geisel went the Steve Jobs route and dropped out of college after a year to write software. His philosophy is to hire talented people who can write innovative code in the artificial-intelligence and machine-learning realms.
Updated: February 19, 2024
Movers & Shakers for Feb. 19, 2024
Updated: February 19, 2024Central Massachusetts professionals are getting hired and promoted at Saint Vincent Hospital, AAFCPAs, the Milford Physician Group, and the Telegram & Gazette.
Updated: February 19, 2024
Mass. has half the national average of same-day, low-risk ambulatory surgical centers
February 16, 2024The volume of ambulatory surgical centers that perform same-day, low-risk procedures in Massachusetts falls far below the national average, according to new data shared with state health regulators Thursday.
February 16, 2024
Biomedical firm with Marlborough location hires new CEO
February 15, 2024Bruning, who has served on StageBio’s board of directors for the previous five years, has more than 25 years of experience with companies providing preclinical testing services.
February 15, 2024
Supporters of psychedelics ballot initiative say Oregon serves as a model
February 15, 2024Massachusetts voters may get the chance to cast ballots to legalize access to some psychedelic substances this fall. And though advocates say the Oregon psilocybin therapy program that would be used as a model for Massachusetts is beneficial for
February 15, 2024
Saint Vincent nurses to petition leadership to raise staffing levels, claim union contract has been violated
February 13, 2024The petition comes in the wake of a January announcement by MNA complaints had been filed to a number of federal and state officials regarding conditions at the hospital.
February 13, 2024
Boston Scientific receives FDA approval for opioid-alternate back pain treatment
February 12, 2024Marlborough medical technology firm Boston Scientific has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its WaveWriter Alpha spinal cord stimulator device to be used to treat low back and leg pain deriving from a condition
February 12, 2024
Mass. leaders say Steward Health Care will not receive bailout
February 9, 2024Angered over the serious financial challenges at Steward Health Care that could jeopardize the future of safety net hospitals in eastern Massachusetts, top House Democrats insisted Thursday they will not bail out the company.
February 9, 2024
Hologic expects layoffs at international facilities in 2024, totaling up to $8M in severance
February 8, 2024The filing didn’t specify where or when the layoffs would take place, except they are part of a restructuring of its diagnostics division, which has been losing money due to a drop in sale of COVID tests.
February 8, 2024-
Major swaths of state’s healthcare system considered high risk due to patient backlog
February 5, 2024Major swaths of the state's health care system are now considered "high risk," with the crisis largely fueled by a major backlog of patients waiting to be discharged from hospitals, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association said Monday.
February 5, 2024 
Steady, but too SLOW: Less than 16% of top executives and zero CEOs at major Central Mass. publicly traded companies are women
Updated: February 5, 2024The situation in Central Massachusetts, where 15.6% of named executive officers are female, largely mirrors the Massachusetts rate of 16.1% determined in a statewide census.
Updated: February 5, 2024
Movers & Shakers for Feb. 5, 2024
Updated: February 5, 2024New professionals have joined Synergy and UMass Memorial Medical Group.
Updated: February 5, 2024
Mass. receives $8M following settlement with pharmaceutical companies
February 2, 2024Massachusetts will receive $8 million to address the opioid crisis as part of a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health.
February 2, 2024
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