Professional Services

The first phase of Heywood Healthcare's new dual diagnosis unit in Petersham is now up and running, and outpatient services are now available for adults with both mental health and substance abuse disorders, the system announced Monday.

Since it was founded as the Thomas Babb Insurance Agency in 1917, the Knight-Dik Insurance Agency has seen plenty of changes in both its industry and Worcester over those 100 years, all of which have been spent in various offices along Main Street.

The Hanover Insurance Group in Worcester and its subsidiaries received strong credit ratings as a result of its solid risk-adjusted capitalization, according to a Thursday release.

The health care reform bill recently approved by the U.S. House would reduce the federal deficit over a 10-year period by $119 billion, but would cause 14 million more people to be uninsured by 2018 than under current law.

The amount of money earned by workers in MetroWest rose by $600 million in the 12 months ending in June 2016 to surpass $23 billion, according to a new report by the 495/MetroWest Partnership.

In the last year, Insurance Marketing Agencies has purchased a specialty insurance agency to broaden its brand awareness and then rebranded the company with a new puzzle-piece logo that symbolizes its “coverage that fits” tagline.

State senators have filed bills mandating they cover 30 days of acute treatment and stabilization services when deemed medically necessary by a patient's treating clinician.

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. reported its first quarter profits fell 42 percent as its catastrophe ratio increased to 7.1 percent of earned premiums.

In an effort to expand its portfolio of financial services, Workers Credit Union has acquired a local retail insurance agency.

Seven of the 11 hospitals in Central Massachusetts had four-year readmissions rates lower than the state average, according to new data released Wednesday from the state Center for Health Information and Analysis.