Health care

Notice something odd on a medical bill? Don’t let it slide. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidance on managing pain during IUD insertion, but doctors say the updated advice is just the first step.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidelines for physicians regarding pain management during IUD insertion.

A couple sues an Atlanta hospital that allegedly lost part of a patient’s skull after it was removed during brain surgery, NBC News reports.

Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration inked deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the lists prices for 10 of Medicare’s costliest drugs.

Mass General Brigham says it has a new way to tell when patients who seem to be in a coma are still aware of their surroundings — a status known as “covert consciousness.”

Unexpectedly high medical bills are common in the United States, but there are ways to get relief.

In a series of TikTok videos, the rugby star has documented her preventative care journey, including getting a Pap smear, eye exam, a new pair of glasses and a dental appointment with X-rays — all for free, courtesy of the Olympic Village.

A tentative agreement has been reached to prevent a nurse strike at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, the Massachusetts Nurses Association said Thursday. The deal comes about two weeks after nurses voted overwhelmingly to approve a one-day strike. Union members said at the time that a year of contract negotiations had failed to bring an agreement. The union...

Nurses at Faulkner Hospital voted Thursday to authorize a strike, joining nurses at Brigham and Women’s who took a similar vote one night earlier. In another blow to hospital administration, nurses at Faulkner, part of the Brigham and Women’s system, were almost unanimous in their vote — 341 yes and just one no. This will impact about 500 members of…

Thousands of health care workers with Brigham and Women’s Hospital could soon be going on strike. The Massachusetts Nurses Association voted overwhelmingly to allow the Boston hospital’s nurses to hit the picket line. The tally was nearly unanimous, with 2,507 union members voting to enable a one-day strike and just 16 voting no. “We didn’t want to be here,...

The Massachusetts Nurses Association voted overwhelmingly to allow nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital to go on a one-day strike.

All of Steward Health Care’s Massachusetts hospitals received bids as the for-profit company looks to sell off its facilities during ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday. “We have qualified bids for all the hospitals,” Healey told reporters Tuesday afternoon when asked whether any of Steward’s hospitals had not received bids, which were due on Monday July 15....

Two western Massachusetts lawmakers are calling for an investigation into a South Hadley nursing home, where they claim workers have gone unpaid for weeks and lack the supplies to adequately care for residents. Sen. Jake Oliveira and Rep. Dan Carey urged Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh to launch a joint investigation into Pioneer…

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office wants consumers to take action to protect their personal information.

Fallout continues for one of the nation’s largest health insurers after an unprecedented data breach.  And now, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office wants consumers to act. Change Healthcare, which is part of UnitedHealth, was hit with a cyberattack late February that interrupted thousands of doctor’s offices, hospitals, and pharmacies. According to the company, the breach reportedly led to victims’...

Eight employers who challenged some federal health insurance requirements cannot be forced to provide no-cost coverage for certain types of preventive care, including HIV prep and some kinds of cancer screenings, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Friday.

The founder and CEO of a California-based telehealth company was arrested and charged on Thursday for her involvement in an alleged scheme to distribute Adderall over the internet and commit healthcare fraud.

It’s a misconception that young adults who don’t already have health care coverage through a family member don’t have any other options. There’s even financial assistance available in Massachusetts. 

A report published Monday from the research group Rand Corp. found that in 2022, the prices hospitals charged to private and employer-based insurance providers were, on average, 254% higher than what Medicare would have paid for the same services.