May, 3, 2022
Gardner, MA (May 3, 2022) – Heywood Healthcare and UMass Memorial Health, with the approval of their respective Boards of Trustees, have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) that will allow Heywood Healthcare and UMass Memorial Health to fully explore affiliation options upon the…
April, 1, 2022
We're pleased to offer our first edition, March 2022, of our Youth Tele Behavioral Health Newsletter.
January, 29, 2022
GARDNER, MA — The city will host a regional rapid test kit distribution site at the Polish American Citizens Club on Monday, Jan. 31. Officials said the city and several other towns in the region have collaborated to bulk purchase six pallets of free at-home COVID test kits for residents. Mayor…
January, 25, 2022
GARDNER, MA - Tuesday, January 25, 2022 - Heywood Healthcare and RIP Medical Debt (RIP), announced a new agreement that will eliminate $800,000 of patient medical debt for more than 1,100 Heywood Healthcare patients. Over the next couple of weeks, residents of Gardner and the surrounding…
January, 21, 2022
GARDNER, MA - Heywood Healthcare Vice President of Finance and Chief Finance Officer Mike Abbatiello, MPPM, CPA, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders. “The healthcare management field plays a…
January, 19, 2022
GARDNER, MASS - Nine National Guardsmen were welcomed to Heywood Hospital today to assist with staffing challenges in specific non-clinical roles. Seven guardsmen are designated for the Heywood Hospital Campus and two will support needs on the Athol Hospital Campus. They join nine of their peers…
January, 5, 2022
GARDNER, MA - A Barre couple celebrated the start of the New Year by welcoming a healthy and happy baby girl to the world, at Heywood Hospital's LaChance Maternity Center. Tina Santy and Adan Orne were the first parents to have a child in the local area at precisely 8:37 a.m. on Tuesday, January…
January, 5, 2022
GARDNER, MA - Effective Monday, January 10, 2022, COVID testing will only be performed at Main Street Heywood Urgent Care, Gardner and Tully Walk In Care, Athol for patients who need to see a provider. Patients who need a COVID test but do not need to see a provider, must schedule an appointment…
December, 29, 2021
GARDNER, MA — Reinforcements have arrived in the fight against the pandemic. Nine members of the National Guard have joined Heywood Healthcare to provide additional support for the health system through March 20, 2022. According to Dawn Casavant, vice president of external affairs and executive…
December, 15, 2021
GARDNER, MA — The LaChance Maternity Center, a Newsweek’s Best Maternity Hospital for 2020 and 2021 at Heywood Healthcare, is now providing a telehealth service for its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) through the utilization of Tele-NICU. The Tele-NICU device provides the help from highly…