HCN News & Notes

BOSTON — State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump has released an audit that found that MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program, paid

NORTHAMPTON — Leonard Campanello, chief of police in Gloucester and co-founder of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI),

PITTSFIELD — HospiceCare in The Berkshires will hold its Annual Gala on May 7 at the Country Club of Pittsfield.

SPRINGFIELD — On Saturday, May 7 at 4:30 p.m. the Colony Club in Springfield will the setting for hats, horses

SPRINGFIELD — Nearly 500 community organizations will participate in the Pioneer Valley’s 24-hour e-philanthropy event – Valley Gives on May

WASHINGTON — Dr. Barbara McAneny, immediate past chair of the American Medical Association (AMA), told a House panel Tuesday that

NORTHAMPTON — Linda Manor Extended Care Facility will host a career fair for nursing positions on May 4 from 8

FLORENCE — The Western Mass. Walk to Defeat ALS will be held on May 14 at Look Park in Florence.

HARTFORD, Conn. – Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a member of Trinity Health — New England, is the first

HOLYOKE — River Valley Counseling Center (RVCC), an affiliate of Holyoke Medical Center and member of Valley Health Systems, will

GREENFIELD — Representatives of Baystate Franklin Medical Center will be presenting their Blood and Guts program on April 29, from 6:30

The Mass. Medical Society and the Mass. Department of Public Health have collaborated on a video program discussing the opioid

SPRINGFIELD — Timothy Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics, and Mark Keroack, president and chief executive officer for Baystate Health,

CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced it is offering prizes totaling $50,000 to help physicians and medical

NORTHAMPTON — Local residents are invited to participate in the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program, which begins April 26 and

SPRINGFIELD — American International College (AIC) will launch a new online post-professional occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) program. The online program,

WARE — The community is invited to participate in a blood drive on Wednesday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to

SOUTH DEERFIELD — On Saturday, April 30, Sugarloaf Pediatrics and South Deerfield Family Medicine will host an open house at

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Center for Human Development (CHD) has named Joe Kane program director for the Cancer House of

STOCKBRIDGE — Dr. Andrew Gerber, medical director and CEO of the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, has signed the pledge

CHICOPEE — The Elms College dance team will hold a dance concert in celebration of life and love on Sunday,

BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, and Senate President Stan Rosenberg issued statements this week in recognition of

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Landmark at Monastery Heights Senior Living Community will host a fairy garden class and luncheon on Saturday,

LENOX — Kimball Farms Life Care in Lenox will host a career fair for resident-care partners and other positions on Friday,

NORTHAMPTON — Join members of Cooley Dickinson Health Care Palliative Care team at Thornes Marketplace on Saturday, April 16 from

GREENFIELD — The Baystate Health Blood Donor Mobile will host a blood drive on Monday, April 18 from 11 a.m.

LEEDS — Linda Manor Assisted Living in Leeds will host seminars on caring for an aging relative or spouse on

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center physician Dr. Michael Dunkerley has been honored by his physician peers of the Franklin

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Cathie Cappa, owner of Auntie Cathie’s Kitchen, will donate all proceeds from sales of her Lemon Love

HOLYOKE — Attorney Karen Jackson of Jackson Law will teach a series of three classes on elder law and estate

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Mason Square Neighborhood Health Center will host its 13th annual Teen Health Night on Wednesday, April 13

SPRINGFIELD — Twenty-two business professionals will graduate from the Springfield Regional Chamber’s Leadership 2016 in a ceremony on Thursday, April

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The world’s older population continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Today, 8.5{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} of people worldwide (617

LONGMEADOW — JGS Lifecare will hold a topping-off ceremony on Wednesday, April 13 to commemorate the placement of the highest

HOLYOKE — Every three minutes, a person in the U.S. is diagnosed with blood cancer. More than 130,000 Americans will

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A single screening question about drinking frequency in the past year could help doctors identify adolescents at

NORTHAMPTON — The Garden: A Center for Grieving Children and Teens announced a free workshop, “Grieving the Death of a

LONGMEADOW — JGS Lifecare’s nursing home, the Leavitt Family Jewish Home, welcomes Alexis Girhiny as dining services director, responsible for

LONGMEADOW — On Wednesday, April 20 from 4 to 6 p.m., Dr. Kelly Lambert, professor of Psychology and chair of

HOLYOKE — Spiros Hatiras, President and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center, announced the appointment of Michael Houff as director of