Primary care is in trouble. So doctors band together to boost their market power
Western Massachusetts, a patchwork of rural communities and low-income cities, is a difficult place to find a primary care doctor if you don’t already have one. Frustrated patients often turn to online forums, asking for leads or advice on how to find a practice that is accepting new patients. One name repeatedly crops up in these discussions: Valley Medical Group. With four locations in the Connecticut River Valley, the practice has been a mainstay of family medicine since the 1990s. Valley Medical’s flagship office in Florence can be found right on Main Street, next door to a pizza restaurant and near a Friendly’s. Valley has 90 medical providers — including doctors, nurse practitioners,...
VITAS Healthcare opens office in Cape Coral to meet growing demand for hospice care
Cape Coral continues to rank among the fastest-growing cities in the United States, and its expanding population of older adults highlights a growing need across Southwest Florida for accessible, compassionate end-of-life care. To help meet this need, VITAS Healthcare has opened a new administrative office in Cape Coral. The additional location means patients and families throughout Lee County can more easily access high-quality hospice care and meaningful support wherever they call home. Hospice care is primarily provided in private residences, assisted living communities and nursing homes. The new Cape Coral location provides VITAS interdisciplinary hospice teams with a centralized...
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Cleveland Clinic ranked #3 hospital in the world by Newsweek
Cleveland Clinic is the No. 3 hospital in the world, according to Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2026. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (No. 119), Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital (No. 228) and Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital (No. 246) are also recognized among the Top 250 hospitals in the world. “Our model has endured for generations – a global team, centered around the patient, impacting as many lives as possible,” said Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Tom Mihaljevic, MD, holder of the Morton L. Mandel CEO Chair at Cleveland Clinic. “What makes Cleveland Clinic different is our caregivers’ dedication to our mission. Together, we choose to be there for others in their time of need, with...
Senate leaders warn Defense Department about procuring generic drugs overseas
Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the United States, warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an “existential risk” to the military. In a letter last week, Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., asked Defense Department Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide information about drugs or key ingredients purchased from foreign sources and how long the department’s inventory would last if China restricted exports. They also sought details about whether the Food and Drug Administration had imposed any import bans on the department’s suppliers. The letter cited ProPublica...
