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State approves Mass General Brigham’s plan to cut health care spending

The system that includes Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has withdrawn its controversial plan to build outpatient care centers in Woburn and Westborough and to expand a facility in Westwood after learning Department of Public Health staff would not recommend the projects’ approval.

Mass General Brigham officials said Friday the hospital system has withdrawn its controversial proposal to build outpatient care centers in Woburn and Westborough and to expand an existing facility in Westwood after learning Department of Public Health staff would not recommend approval of the projects. The DPH did, however, recommend that the Public Health Council, with conditions, partially approve a…

Due to the capacity and staffing crisis, Mass General Brigham is now reducing the number of surgeries and procedures across the healthcare system by more than 2,000 cases per week — or 40% of the system’s total procedures. This comes as local experts say COVID cases have not peaked here in Massachusetts.

The surge in patients at Massachusetts hospitals is leading some to tighten their visitor policies. Mass General Brigham updated its rules Wednesday as the omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads and hospitalizations rise. “We’re trying to limit overcrowding in public spaces and in patient care spaces,” said Dr. Tom Sequist, Mass General Brigham’s chief medical officer. All of the facilities...

Like during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, some hospitals in Massachusetts are implementing restrictions for visitors.

Mass General Brigham, Beth Israel Lahey Health, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, are requiring booster shots as part of their Covid vaccine mandates, restarting efforts to ensure their workforces are protected against the virus.

As hospitals approach reach capacity and COVID cases rise, the leaders of Massachusetts’ biggest health care organizations called on residents to take five steps ahead of the holidays. The CEOs of eight hospitals health care systems and the state’s hospital association wrote the message at “a crisis point” for the industry, they said. “The good news is that we...

Two days after the first case of the new omicron COVID-19 variant was officially confirmed in Massachusetts, the head of the state’s largest hospital system stressed the importance of vaccines and masks. Mass General Brigham CEO Dr. Anne Klibanski joined the New England Council for a virtual conversation, where she described the future of health care as a need...

Gov. Charlie Baker has ordered Massachusetts hospitals with bed shortages to stop non-urgent procedures this week. “Mass General and the Brigham are running most days over 95% capacity. The state is trying to get us to 85% capacity to have that extra elasticity for additional patients, but that is a really big reach for us,” said Dr. Ron Walls, chief…

With an influx of COVID-19 patients, overcrowded hospitals in Massachusetts are pausing non-urgent procedures.

The Supreme Court has turned away an emergency appeal from employees at the largest hospital system in Massachusetts who object to the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds. Justice Stephen Breyer did not comment Monday in rejecting the request from employees at Mass General Brigham for a religious exemption to the system’s vaccine requirement. Lawyers for the employees said in...

A group of hospital workers lost a legal bid against Mass General Brigham’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement on the day unvaccinated employees face unpaid leave. The lawsuit against the hospital system sought an injunction against the mandate that employees must be vaccinated against coronavirus. Eight employees named in the suit said they should be exempt for religious and medical reasons....

In a lawsuit filed against the Mass General Brigham hospital system, eight hospital workers say they’re against receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and shouldn’t be forced into it because they have exemptions based on religion and disabilities. They argue they should be accommodated and they should not be retaliated against. “The history of vaccine mandates by employers has been rather...

A lawsuit has been filed against Mass General Brigham over the hospital system’s vaccine mandate.

Persistent concerns about the first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years are curbing access more than four months after regulators approved it.

State workers have until Sunday to comply with Massachusetts’ vaccine mandate, while some hospital workers have until the end of the month.

Hundreds to thousands of health care workers could lose their jobs Friday for failing to comply with vaccine mandates at two of the state’s largest hospital systems.

Hundreds to thousands of health care workers could lose their jobs for failing to comply with vaccine mandates at two of the state’s largest hospital systems. Friday is the deadline for employees at Mass General Brigham and Boston Medical Center to receive their first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. “Employees are still submitting documentation so we won’t know...

Massachusetts hospitals are preparing to fire hundreds of employees who fail to comply with COVID-19 vaccination requirements designed to protect patient safety. Officials at hospitals across the state told The Boston Globe they don’t expect the number of employees who are fired because of vaccine mandates to result in cuts to patient services, but they are stepping up recruitment...