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Massachusetts Home Health Company Pleads Guilty In MassHealth Fraud Case
Home Care
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August 19, 2025
BOSTON—The attorney general’s office (AGO) of Massachusetts announced that Union Home Health Care Services, a Worcester, Massachusetts-based group adult foster care (GAFC) provider, and its administrator, Bernice Codjia, age 41, pleaded guilty in...
Boston Children’s Hospital Is Standing Up for Trans Youth
Autostraddle
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August 19, 2025
feature image photo by Mark Kerrison / Contributor via Getty Images One thing you’ll notice in this week’s Trans News Tracker is that people are fighting back against anti-trans policies through various forms of legal resistance. I’m always a...
Boston mayor rejects Trump’s sanctuary city deadline
Washington Examiner
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August 19, 2025
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is defying the Trump administration’s demand that sanctuary cities comply with federal immigration enforcement, declaring the city “will not back down” despite threats of funding cuts and lawsuits.On Tuesday, Wu responded...
Massachusetts man killed in multi-vehicle wreck on New Hampshire highway
Boston 25 News - Massachusetts
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August 19, 2025
NASHUA, N.H. — A Massachusetts man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on a highway in New Hampshire on Monday. Troopers responding to a report of a wreck on the northbound side of the Everett Turnpike near Exit 7E in Nashua just before 3 p.m....
Massachusetts Moves to Protect Colleges and Healthcare Nonprofits from Wage Act Lawsuits
Jackson Lewis
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August 19, 2025
Takeaways Lawsuits against universities in the Commonwealth alleging violations of the MWA for paying employees monthly without their permission are seeking damages and fees. Under a new provision in MA’s 2026 budget, certain colleges and...
Hospital Participation in Medicare ACOs: No Change in Admission Practices and Spending
The American Journal of Managed Care
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August 19, 2025
ABSTRACT Objectives: Hospital participation in accountable care organizations (ACOs)—Medicare’s signature alternative payment model—continues to grow despite mixed evidence on spending and quality. This study examines whether hospital ACO...
Delaware National Guard Surgeon Leads Medical Operations in Kosovo
US Army
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August 19, 2025
CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo – Delaware Army National Guard’s general surgeon Lt. Col. Gayle Ryan is at the heart of Kosovo Forces Regional Command-East, or KFOR RC-E, medical operations, overseeing medical readiness initiatives and emergency care for...
Alabama Doctor Charged With $6 Million Telemedicine Health Care Fraud Scheme
Home Care
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August 19, 2025
BOSTON—An Alabama-based doctor has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with an alleged $6 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) and genetic testing primarily used to...
Politics a threat to Worcester Board of Health, official warns
The Gardner News - Massachusetts
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The Board of Health voted 3-2 to deny a tobacco permit to a city bar; the two dissenting votes were former city councilors. City Medical Director Dr. Michael Hirsh wants a meeting with the city manager on how to "keep politics out of the Board of...
Patriots legend Rob Gronkowski breaks down as Boston playground opens up
Boston Herald - Massachusetts
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August 19, 2025
Boston’s newest playground along the Charles River has received the blessing of Gronk tears. Patriots legend Rob Gronkowski – affectionately known for his goofy, joyful personality – broke down in tears when officially opening “Gronk Playground”...
Mayor Wu says Boston will not back down amid DOJ sanctuary policies ultimatum
Boston 25 News - Massachusetts
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August 20, 2025
BOSTON — Mayor Michelle Wu responded to a letter from the federal government regarding Boston’s sanctuary city policies Tuesday by saying the city will hold its ground. “Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures,” said Mayor...
Costco Will Not Sell Abortion Pills in Its U.S. Pharmacies
Breitbart
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August 19, 2025
Costco said it will not sell the abortion pill mifepristone at any of its U.S. pharmacies, citing “lack of demand.” “Our position at this time not to sell mifepristone, which has not changed, is based on the lack of demand from our members and...
China’s biotech hub Suzhou wants to become the next Boston. Can it succeed?
South China Morning Post
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August 19, 2025
Could a city best known for its classical gardens and ancient canals emerge as China’s answer to Boston – the global epicentre of biotechnology innovation? Five years ago, the eastern city of Suzhou set forth a bold vision: to transform itself...
Government health datasets were altered without documentation, Lancet study shows
The Journalist's Resource
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August 19, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Close window XRepublish this article by Naseem S. Miller, The Journalist's Resource August 19, 2025 Government health datasets were altered without documentation, Lancet study shows by Naseem S. Miller, The...
Who is Thiago Rentz? Harvard researcher allegedly brutally beaten by 5 teens while watching Weapons in Boston theater
Hindustan Times
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August 19, 2025
A Harvard researcher has alleged that he was left bloodied and beaten by a gang of teens after he asked them to keep quiet at a movie screening in Boston. Thiago Rentz, a 35-year-old Harvard researcher from Brazil, was allegedly attacked while...
EliseAI raises $250 million in a16z-led round to expand in healthcare
Yahoo Finance
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By Krystal Hu (Reuters) -Enterprise software maker EliseAI has raised $250 million in a Series E funding round to expand its automation tools for the healthcare and housing industries, the company told Reuters. The latest funding values the...
Preseason Predictions & Roundtable – 2025 Boston College Football
BC Interruption - Massachusetts
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August 19, 2025
The 2025 Boston College football season is upon us! First off, what gets you most excited looking ahead to this season? Curtis: Seeing old friends, watching a game in Alumni Stadium, and screaming Mr. Brightside at the top of my lungs. August 30th...
Elderly South Boston, Mass., Man Dies After Fatal Rollover Crash On The Everett Turnpike In Nashua, NH
Patch
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August 19, 2025
Posted Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 12:04 pm ET|Updated Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 12:06 pm ET NASHUA, NH — A man from South Boston, Massachusetts, was killed after a three-vehicle crash on the Everett Turnpike in Nashua on Monday afternoon. Around 2:45 p.m.,...
Family of baby with chronic lung disease gets free photoshoot at Children's Hospital
FOX 9 - Minnesota
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Tyler and Christina Bauman welcomed their daughter, Emersyn, into the world on Aug. 19, 2024, at Children’s Minnesota in St. Paul. A year later, Emersyn is still in the hospital where she was born. ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Tyler and Christina...
17 states join WA AG Brown's letter to Dept. of Education over mental health funding cuts
FOX 13 Seattle - Washington State
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SEATTLE - Washington's Attorney General Brown sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) with the support of 17 other attorneys general around the country. The letter warns of negative impacts for students if the federal government...