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It’s About Time, a mobile dry cleaning company from Dudley, is opening a storefront at 40 Hamilton...

Accolades & Honors

Centage Corp. of Natick achieved Microsoft’s Application Development Gold Competency. Centage provides budgeting and forecasting software for...

Contract with nurses offers hope amid industry change

After several years of a relationship that many would describe as adversarial, UMass Memorial Health Care and a key union turned a critical corner last week when they reached a one-year contract agreement for the thousands of nurses who work at the system's UMass Memorial Medical Center campuses in Worcester.

Fallon to cut dual-eligible insurance program

Citing problems with economic sustainability, Fallon Health of Worcester has announced it will end its insurance program that serves members eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare insurance, known as Fallon Total Care, effective Sept. 30.
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Report: Worcester fourth in nation for rising medical costs

Worcester has been ranked fourth in the nation for climbing medical procedure costs, narrowly beating Boston but falling behind Springfield, according to a new report.

Pulse Check: Top cancer diagnoses

Rates per 100,000 personsProstate cancer128.3Breast cancer122Lung and bronchus cancer61Colon and rectal cancer39.9Uterine cancer25.4Source: U.S. Centers for Disease...

Q&A: Katelyn Milkowski, physics manager

Katelyn Milkowski is a physics manager at Mevion Medical Systems, a Littleton-based medical technology company specializing in...

Insurer group claims Steward ‘misled’ public

Hours before the Senate dismissed a proposal directing MassHealth to contract with provider groups, the lobby group that represents health insurers submitted alternative language to one of the major proponents of the idea.
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Central Massachusetts HEALTH: June 2015

Welcome to the June issue of Central Massachusetts HEALTH, a quarterly magazine covering all aspects of health care in the region.

Pulse Check: Where is Type 2 diabetes most prevalent?

States with the highest rates of diabetes, 2013Alabama13.8%West Virginia13%Mississippi12.9%South Carolina12.5%Tennessee12.2%Source: StateofObesity.org
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