The nearly $2 million Gov. Maura Healey cut in local earmarks for roughly three dozen fire departments across Massachusetts last month won’t be restored, but her administration says it still supports firefighters.
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Hospital backlogs push northeast MA care system to ‘high risk’
Major swaths of the state’s health care system are now considered “high risk,” with the crisis largely fueled by a major backlog of patients waiting to be discharged from hospitals, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association said Monday. MHA indicated the situation is exacerbated by serious financial challenges at Steward Health Care, which on Friday […]
Property records shine light on Steward finances
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital has liens for over $3,500,000 owed to various general, painting, fire protection and other contractors for work dating back to at least 2019.
Editorial: It’s time to mend community hospitals’ insurer payment deficit
While a struggling for-profit health-care system might not elicit the kind of sympathy reserved for its not-for-profit counterparts, its take on the uneven field of the state’s medical insurance reimbursement landscape deserves everyone’s attention. Steward Health Care’s dire finances and suspected slew of unpaid bills have spilled into the public domain recently. However, hospital system […]
Concord residents, natives react to ‘problematic’ historic Massachusetts signs coming down
The decision to take down historical signs commemorating the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in Concord is receiving some backlash from the community, with one resident saying the matter should have been voted on.
