Archive for December 2022
Four Mass. hospitals sign onto anti-disparities payment model with Blue Cross
Beth Israel Lahey Health, Mass General Brigham, Steward and Boston Medical Center will now have financial incentives with Blue Cross to improve health equity. Read More
Read MoreTD Bank names Sheryl McQuade to new role overseeing New England
The New Jersey-based TD Bank is Massachusetts’ fourth-largest bank, with more than $22 billion in deposits. Read More
Read MoreInflation, staffing shortages, capacity constraints lead to Mass. hospital fiscal 2022 losses
Inflation, labor shortages and capacity constraints left major Boston hospitals in the red at the end of 2022. Read More
Read MoreBPDA board OKs South End complex, Seaport Square changes
The approvals came in the agency’s final meeting of 2022. Read More
Read MoreBusiness panel discusses race, equity priorities for Boston in 2023
Panelists at a Boston Business Journal event on Thursday spelled out priorities for the year ahead, as well as what has — and hasn’t — worked in closing inequality since the killing of George Floyd kicked off an awakening around racial inequality. Read More
Read MoreHarvard unveils conference center as ‘front door’ to new Allston complex
Harvard will build its first university-wide conference center, which it describes as the "front door" of its growing Enterprise Research Campus in Allston. Read More
Read MoreBoston biotech retools Covid drug to make ‘next generation of Paxlovid’
Following a disappointing readout from a mid-stage trial, a Boston biotech is retooling a Covid-19 antiviral in the hopes that it could help especially high-risk patients. Read More
Read MoreUS Army contracts a Boston startup to make drones
This company’s drones are designed to operate in dangerous and difficult-to-reach areas. Their key feature: The propellers are located inside the drone, rather than outside. Read More
Read MoreThe first Newbury Street cannabis dispensary is set to open Sunday
The site was once a stable for neighboring Commonwealth Avenue mansions and then a recording studio for bands like The Cars. Now, it’s the shopping thoroughfare’s first cannabis dispensary. Read More
Read MoreNew president envisions Harvard’s future as ‘more connected to the world’
At a reception at Harvard’s Smith Campus Center, Claudine Gay spoke about her broad ideas and missions, as well as telling her personal story as the daughter of Haitian immigrants who found her calling in academia. Read More
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