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wbjournal.com | March 6, 2017 | Worcester Business Journal 3 Editor, Brad Kane, bkane@wbjournal.com Digital Editor, Grant Welker, gwelker@wbjournal.com Staff Writers Laura Finaldi, lfinaldi@wbjournal.com (Manufacturing, higher education) Emily Micucci, emicucci@wbjournal.com (Health care) Editorial Intern, Savannah Donohue, sdonohue@wbjournal.com Contributors Susan Shalhoub Livia Gershon Research Director, Stephanie Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com Research Assistant, Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Production Director, Kira Beaudoin, kbeaudoin@wbjournal.com Associate Art Director, Mitchell Hayes, mhayes@wbjournal.com Senior Accounts Manager Matt Majikas, mmajikas@wbjournal.com Custom Publishing Project Manager Christine Juetten, cjuetten@wbjournal.com Senior Special Accounts Manager Mary Lynn Bosiak, mlbosiak@wbjournal.com Marketing & Events Manager Kris Prosser, kprosser@wbjournal.com COO, Mary Rogers, mrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Manager, Valerie Clark, vclark@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Assistant, Rae Rogers, rrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Collections Manager, Raki Zwiebel, rzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com Human Resources, Kim Vautour, kvautour@nebusinessmedia.com Publisher, CEO, Peter Stanton pstanton@nebusinessmedia.com Associate Publisher, Mark Murray mmurray@wbjournal.com President, Joseph Zwiebel jzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com M y favorite aspect of busi- ness-to-business journalism is its focus on decision- making and breaking down why decisions get made. For example, if Gov. Charlie Baker gives a long, powerful speech about how Massachusetts must fight the rising death toll from opioid addiction, that makes for great TV news footage and plays well in mass media publications, but ulti- mately his speech is just talk and no action. What concerns me and Worcester Business Journal is how the opioid crisis actually gets fought … because it is going to involve businesses, from healthcare providers to drug companies to commu- nity nonprofits. Staff Writer Emily Micucci's two-story package on the opioid crisis in our Focus On Health Care section (pages 12-16) does just that. A major part of stemming the crisis will be treating people with addiction. While treatment centers are popping up all around Central Massachusetts, these healthcare provid- ers still struggle with solvency, since the plurality of people with substance abuse disorder rely on MassHealth for insur- ance and MassHealth reimbursement rates are lower for addiction treatment. This leaves it to the business to find a sustained revenue model that can con- tinue to provide care for all those who need it. On the lighter side of the healthcare spectrum, Staff Writer Laura Finaldi's story on page 10 looks at how Central Massachusetts companies are embracing mindfulness in the workplace. While executives previously might have scoffed at the concept of providing meditation sessions and the like to workers, the movement's supporters provide hard data about potential paybacks reaching as high as $3,000 in extra productivity per worker. When it comes to businesses incorporating new workforce trends, nothing is more convincing than poten- tial positive return on investment. 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That is the strength of the business community: figuring out how to sustain solutions over the long term so they can have a real impact. - Brad Kane, editor CORRECTIONS: A Feb. 20 article about this year's WBJ Corporate Citizen of the Year recipient Saint-Gobain incorrectly stated the award only went to the Saint-Gobain Superabrasives division. In fact, the entire company won the award. A Feb. 20 article about the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's HeartToHub train incorrectly said the City of Worcester had bought the track between Worcester and Framingham. In fact, the MBTA purchased the segment in 2012. A Feb. 20 article about Vincent Strully Jr., the founder and CEO of the New England Center for Children, incor- rectly said the nonprofit serves children between the ages of 18 and 22. The nonprofit serves children from ages 18 months to 22 years. A Feb. 20 article about Jennie Lee Colosi, president of E.T.&L. Corp., had several errors. Walker Realty is in Westford not Whitinsville; E. T. & L. excavated 50,000 cubic yards of rock, not 500,000 cubic yards from the Apex Center in Marlborough; the proper name of the school is the Georgia Institute of Technology, not the Georgia Institute for Technology. W