Gov. Charlie Baker will sign into law $200 million in new fees and fines on Massachusetts employers to help pay for MassHealth without sought-after reforms to the program.
Health New England, a nonprofit health plan with members in Massachusetts and Connecticut, is partnering with a pharmacy benefits manager to rein in costs associated with hemophilia patients.
Heroin-related hospital visits in Massachusetts grew by 256 percent from 2011 to 2015, with the sharpest increase among patients between the ages of 25 and 34, according to new data.
As it simultaneously pursues Medicaid reform proposals in the state Legislature, the Baker administration has taken the first steps toward seeking approval of health care policy changes from the Trump administration.
Hanover didn't create the 225 jobs required for its 5-percent tax break on the improvements to its Lincoln Street headquarters but having the company make those improvements still increases the value of its properties and the ones around it.
The Massachusetts Division of Insurance announced it has approved a new PPO plan formed by Delta Dental of Massachusetts, which faces review by Attorney General Maura Healey.