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Senate approves wage increase for direct care personnel
The Senate signed off this week on wage increases for certain direct care personnel.
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Lawmakers express optimism in approving new hospital assessment program plan
While the deadline for federal approval is fast-approaching, lawmakers said at a Health News Illinois event Wednesday morning that they remain hopeful an agreement can be reached on the state’s hospital assessment program by next month.
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Pritzker proposes $482 million for health, human services contingent on graduated income tax approval
Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposed budget includes nearly $500 million for health and human services - that will only be released if a new income tax model takes effect next year.
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Report: Nearly 60 percent of federal grants to Illinois go to Medicaid
About 59 percent of federal grant dollars that flowed to Illinois last year went to Medicaid, according to a recent report from Pew Charitable Trusts.
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SIU School of Medicine partners with Illinois Department of Corrections to provide healthcare services
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and the Illinois Department of Corrections have launched a pilot program intended to improve healthcare services for individuals at certain state correctional facilities.
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Lawmakers seek reform of prior authorization process
Advocates and lawmakers unveiled a plan Tuesday morning that would make sweeping changes to how prior authorization works in Illinois.
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Raoul seeks stronger federal rule changes to control and prevent lead in drinking water
Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined nine colleagues in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to improve its proposed amendments to national standards for controlling and preventing lead in drinking water.
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Healthcare savings from state contracts big part of Pritzker’s plan to slash state spending by $750 million
The bulk of Gov. JB Pritzker's plan to save $750 million over the next three years will come from healthcare savings from renegotiated contracts with state workers.
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On the record with Kevin Cmunt, CEO of Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network
The Illinois Kidney Care Alliance, a collection of providers and advocates on the dialysis and organ transplant side of kidney care, launched last week. The goal is to raise awareness for kidney disease and encourage organ donations and transplants.
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LatestThree Lakes Foundation and MATTER announce collaboration to source solutions for pulmonary fibrosis
Three Lakes Foundation and MATTER today announced the launch of a new innovation challenge focused on accelerating solutions for PF: a family of related lung diseases that causes progressive scarring of lung tissue and affects more than three million people around the world.
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HCSC to eliminate jobs at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
The parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is eliminating 400 middle management positions, including some in Illinois.
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Health Reform
Raoul seeks greater federal regulation of ethylene oxide
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined several colleagues in requesting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enact more rigorous ethylene oxide emissions standards.
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Health Tech
State releases $500 million for statewide innovation network
Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday the state will release $500 million to support a major hub aimed at boosting entrepreneurship, research and workforce development.
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