Is Someone Bleeding Your Practice? Some Practical Steps To Reduce Employee Embezzlement Losses — Part 1
One of your worst nightmares is discovering that someone within your practice has been stealing from you. Chances are
Read MoreOne of your worst nightmares is discovering that someone within your practice has been stealing from you. Chances are
Read MoreOAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. — The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) formally announced significant changes to its accreditation
Read MoreHOLYOKE — James Keefe, R.N. of Belchertown has been named employment/staffing manager at Holyoke Hospital. In his new position, he
Read MoreCompany Number of Lawyers Area of Practice/Discription of services Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP 1500 Main St., Suite 2700 Springfield,
Read MoreEAST LONGMEADOW — Peter R. Luciano, MA, LMT, the director of Spa Europa in East Longmeadow, recently joined the ranks
Read MoreAMHERST — Ten managers of the Loomis Communities, with campuses in South Hadley, Holyoke, and Amherst, recently graduated from a
Read MorePITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) announced that Katie J. Miller, M.D., an emergency medicine physician, has been appointed to
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — For the third year in a row, health care quality for millions of Americans improved substantially, despite
Read MoreGeorge Koller says officials at Noble Hospital have talked about adding a medical office building to the West Silver Street
Read MoreThe rising cost of health care is a bitter pill for employers to swallow. Most want to offer their employees
Read MoreWhat’s a woman to do? In an age of mixed messages in health care, the topic of breast cancer —
Read MoreLONGMEADOW — Ruth’s House, the assisted living residence on the campus of Jewish Geriatric Services (JGS), announced two additions to
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The Sisters of Providence Health System announced the appointment of Sister of Mercy Kathleen Sullivan to the position
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Recognizing suicide as a major health problem, health care professionals from around the country will gather at a
Read MoreAfter being bombarded with media messages about the myriad factors that might cause cancer, the reverse — news of what
Read MoreDonne Marchetto says the difference between weight loss and weight management is much more than a case of semantics. “Just
Read MoreDiane Murphy says that when you’re one of a dozen or more individuals sharing a small tent in the middle
Read MoreHank Porten says that in many ways, hospitals in the Commonwealth are merely being asked to operate just as any
Read MoreNobody wants to consider the impact of long-term care on the financial resources they have spent a lifetime building. Nursing
Read MoreA threat by the state’s major pharmacy chains — and an 11th-hour effort to avert the potentially far-reaching effects of
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The Western Mass. Center for Healthy Communities, one of six new regional centers funded by the Mass. Dept.
Read MoreMedical practices face a number of revenue and cost challenges annually, many of which they have little direct control over.
Read MoreIf there’s one recurring theme throughout this issue of The Healthcare News, it’s this: medical costs are rising, and everyone
Read MoreWhen Dr. Thomas Canto talks about wound care, he immediately thinks of a man with a leg ulcer who had
Read MoreJoe Mathers has been making candles for almost a decade now. His job at South Deerfield’s Yankee Candle complex is
Read MoreKate Flynn calls it “the hidden health career.” That’s because few people actually get to see what the surgical technologist
Read MoreOrganization Address/Phone Providers Contact Members* Coverage/Services Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mass. Inc./HMO Blue 1500 Main St., Suite 1800
Read MoreAGAWAM — Heritage Hall West, a subacute and skilled nursing center in Agawam, recently introduced a palliative care program. The
Read MoreHOLYOKE — With U.S. Rep. John W. Olver leading a list of dignitaries that included a number of state and
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Holyoke Hospital recently announced the appointment of Donna Barre, R.N., and Lisa Fugiel, R.N., as nurse managers. Barre
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — As a result of funding cutbacks at the state level, Cooley Dickinson Hospital (CDH) administrators have decided to
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — As part of its continuing “A Healthy You in 2002” series of community wellness presentations, Mercy Medical Center
Read MoreBOSTON — The Mass. Hospital Assoc. is expressing concern about the growing number of uninsured in the state, a statistic
Read MoreBOSTON — The Mass. Hospital Assoc. (MHA) has joined the chorus from around the country calling on Congress to appropriate
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Holyoke Hospital has announced that Dr. Eyal Morag is the newest member of its the Radiology Department. Morag,
Read MoreIt must be wonderful to be a private business in Massachusetts — like CVS, Walgreens, and Brooks — and control
Read MoreWhen it comes to fashionable labels, kids returning to school want to wear them on their clothes — not on
Read MoreAs the senior population continues to spiral upward, so do incidences of emphysema — and doctors say it’s simply decades
Read MoreHOLYOKE — WestMass ElderCare and Holyoke Community College will present a comprehensive program on caregiving in the college’s Peter Picknelly
Read MoreBOSTON — In an effort to both ensure that candidates across the state are focusing on health care issues and
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