Author: HCN Staff

SPRINGFIELD — Louis & Clark opened a full-service professional pharmacy in February on the first floor of the medical office

Two decades ago, Fresenius Medical Care operated one dialysis center in the Pioneer Valley, at a location in East Springfield.

WESTFIELD — At the recent annual neeting of the Noble Hospital trustees, the following new trustees were elected to three-year

The vast majority of clients seeking estate planning come to my elder law office with the same fear: “I don’t

SPRINGFIELD — The WMAS Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon was extended from two days to three this year in hopes of

In response to public demand, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a list of CPT/HCPCS codes that

When an individual becomes incapacitated to the point that he or she is incapable of making his or her own

Governor Mitt Romney has proposed a series of sweeping changes in the methods used by Massachusetts to recover costs of

Twenty-five years after smallpox was thought to be eradicated from the earth, the threat is back — shadowed by the

Last month, The Healthcare News published its annual Resource Guide. As could be expected with a volume of that scope,

GREENFIELD — Linda A. West, M.S./M.B.A., R.N., has joined Franklin Medical Center as nurse manager of Women and Children’s Services. 

The state’s new prescription tax was never intended to apply to patients. But, thanks to some vagueness and confusion, that’s

Massachusetts faces a health care crisis of unprecedented proportions. The number of uninsured people continues to grow, the costs of

SPRINGFIELD — Nine health care organizations in Western Mass. were among 48 organizations across the state in January to receive

SPRINGFIELD — The MassMutual Community Fund of the United Way of Pioneer Valley has approved a $10,000 grant to the

Deaths associated with influenza have increased substantially in the past two decades in the United States, according to an article

Characterizing the move as a tentative but needed first step, Health New England (HNE), the second-largest health maintenance organization in

LONGMEADOW — Jewish Geriatric Services (JGS) has received a grant from the Community Foundation of Western Mass. to fund a

CHICOPEE — Holyoke Hospital’s Laboratory recently opened a blood-drawing station at 260 New Ludlow Road for the convenience of its

Health Care Leaders Make Unified Appeal To Increase Medicare Reimbursement WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Mass. Hospital Assoc. (MHA) led a

There are more than a million species of the microscopic fungi that we call mold. They perform a basic biological

Very often, a person’s home is one of the single largest assets they may own. As a means of attempting

Doctors continually struggle with the question of how to compensate and hold onto their practice managers. There are many definitions

SPRINGFIELD — Susan Alexander of Granby, a 2002 graduate of the Surgical Technology department at Springfield Technical Community College, has

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Kiwanis Club of Springfield and area KEY Clubs have partnered with the Western Mass. Safe Kids