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HEALTH • Spring 2016 7 Clinton Hospital | HealthAlliance Hospital | Marlborough Hospital | UMass Memorial Medical Center At UMass Memorial Health Care, you'll find hundreds of caring, compassionate and skilled adult and pediatric primary care physicians across Central Massachusetts. And because our doctors are part of the region's premier health care system, access to a wide range of specialty care and our nationally recognized academic medical center is only a referral away. To find a UMass Memorial primary care physician near you, call 855-UMASS-MD (855-862-7763). I WANT IT ALL I want convenience I want compassion I want world-class care Jan. 1. The 16-person board is made up of business, religious and com- munity leaders and physicians that help direct the hospital towards its goal of high-quality patient care. Valeritas performs well in study SHREWSBURY — The V-Go insulin treatment developed by Valeritas Inc., which has research-and- development functions in Shrewsbury, performed well in the latest study published in the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists The V-Go is a wearable insulin-delivery device that can be used by patients to deliver insulin at a continuous pre-set basal rate over a 24-hour period. It also provides for on-demand bolus dosing at mealtimes. The study found that when compared to multiple dose injection therapies, there was a significant decrease in A1C and the overall cost was significantly less than multiple daily injections of insulin into the body. UMass expands medical coverage for veterans WORCESTER — UMass Medical School and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will offer expanded medical coverage for veterans at the UMass Medical School in Worcester, despite pulling plans for a 100,000-square-foot new construc- tion project UMass Memorial posts $2.2B in revenue WORCESTER — UMass Memorial Health Care posted continued reve- nue growth through fiscal 2015 while reporting more patients served throughout a system that is moving more towards a system of more out- patient care. The largest employer in Worcester reported revenue of just under $2.174 billion for 2015, a growth of $21.8 million over fiscal year 2014. ReWalk exoskeleton approved for surgeon MARLBOROUGH — ReWalk Robotics has passed another milestone as its personal exoskeleton system has been approved by a commercial health plan in the United States for use by a surgeon who will now be able to stand at work. The exoskeleton from the company will allow the surgeon who suf- fered a spinal cord injury and uses a manual custom wheelchair 11 hours a day at work to stand while at the hospital and at home. The health plan pro- vider's coverage approval follows the ruling of an external independent review organization, which overturned the company's initial denial of cover- age, according to ReWalk

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