This week's news and issues for the region's health care industry

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AdCare exec: Services will improve after sale to public company

The Worcester-based addiction treatment services provider is planning to merge with a Tennessee-based company next year.

President: Mass Medical Society divided as position on aid-in-dying changes

Members of the physician group voted to rescind their longstanding opposition to physician-assisted suicide on Dec. 2.

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Nominations open for WBJ's second Hall of Fame class

Worcester Business Journal is soliciting nominations for its second Hall of Fame class, where we honor businesspeople who have made a lifetime of achievements in Central Massachusetts.

Q&A with Dr. Jennifer LaFemina, surgical oncologist

For LaFemina, working with breast cancer patients is a calling.

Coalition launches effort opposing mandated nurse staffing ratios

The Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association and others have banned together to oppose efforts by the Massachusetts Nurses Association to mandate nurse staffing ratios in Bay State hospitals.

Health agency to pay $14M for MassHealth fraud

A home health agency that operated in Worcester and other locations will pay more than $14 million to settle allegations it overcharged for services from MassHealth, according to the Attorney General.

Declining breast cancer death rate

Deaths have declined steadily since the 1990s*

1995 30.5
2000 26.6
2005 24.1
2010 21.9
2014 20.6





*Deaths per 100,000
Source: National Cancer Institute


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People on the Move

Keri Moran is the new assistant director of nursing at Holden Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center. The Spencer resident has a bachelor in nursing from Fitchburg State University and has been a registered nurse for 22 years.

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