South Shore Mental Health changes name as part of rebranding

South Shore Mental Health has changed its name to Aspire Health Alliance in an an effort to highlight its focus on integrating mental and physical health, reducing the stigma associated with behavioral health disorders and creating alliances with community providers.

Startups from UMass Boston’s Venture Development Center hit $1B in funding

Member companies of the Venture Development Center, the self-funded incubator based at the University of Massachusetts Boston, reached a milestone in May: More than $1 billion in funding in ten years.

Regret Free Holiday Parties

Cheryl Pinarchick, partner in the Fisher Phillips law firm, explains how to hold a holiday office party even your company lawyer could love.

Neighborhood Health Plan to waive some copays

Neighborhood Health Plan is offering new insurance options that waive members’ out-of-pocket costs for a slate of common treatments and prescription drugs, an unusual step aimed at drawing new customers. Typically, members of commercial health plans must pay copayments and other costs to see a doctor or obtain a prescription. But Neighborhood said it will […]

Will Charlie Baker bring back a lost political art?

Here are some Charlie Baker stories that might say something about the kind of governor he’ll be. During Bill Weld’s first term, I was talking about Charlie, who was health and human services secretary, to Loretta McLaughlin, the Globe’s editorial page editor at the time. A fierce critic of Weld, Loretta had a special interest […]

Harnessing an important resource

The road to a level playing field for New England’s colleges and universities goes through the city of Holyoke. A massive data processing center has been humming there for five years, built to take advantage of the former industrial city’s inexpensive electricity. Five of the state’s biggest schools — MIT, Harvard, BU, Northeastern and UMass […]

Hospital owner eyes cutting-edge therapies

Boston-based medical giant Partners HealthCare is doling out $1 million in grants to get cutting-edge therapies from food allergy cures to scarless biopsies on the market within five to seven years, and at least three new local biotech companies are expected to emerge as a result.

The Olympic Issue: The Backlash

…A public-relations strategist named Raymond Howell, a former campaign manager to the former Massachusetts governor William Weld, advised Dempsey to focus his message on the taxpayer guarantee: The more No Boston Olympics reminded people that the city and the state were obliged to pay for excess costs, the less enthusiastic people would be to support […]

Will Grad Students Lose the Right to Unionize Under Trump?

Trevor Hull wakes up every morning and goes to a lab where he mixes chemicals together, using materials like lead and cadmium to synthesize other substances. A man who he calls his boss sometimes gives him directions and orders, and he’s paid on a bi-weekly basis. He says he feels like he works at a […]

Sam Adams is the Latest Brand with a Trump Problem

“Businesspeople weigh in on political issues at their peril,” said Raymond P. Howell, who was press secretary for governor William F. Weld and now advises business clients on communications. “Consumers, especially millennials, want to know that the brands they patronize share their values.”