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BioScrip and Option Care Enterprises to merge
BioScrip has agreed to merge with Bannockburn-based Option Care Enterprises, creating of the largest independent providers of home and alternate treatment site infusion therapy companies in the country.
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Committee approves expanded Medicaid coverage for autism
Efforts to expand Medicaid coverage for early autism diagnoses and treatment have cleared a House committee.
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Extended coverage for new mothers part of plan to expand maternal healthcare
A group of state lawmakers is hoping to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers to a year after they give birth to help reverse a rise in the death rate among pregnant Illinois women.
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Smoking age bill heads to governor’s office
Illinois could soon become the eighth state to move its smoking age to 21.
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LatestElmhurst Nurse Residency Program earns accreditation
Elmhurst Hospital’s Nurse Residency Program has been accredited with distinction as a Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.
Medicare/Medicaid
Medicaid managed care enrollment grew 13 percent in 2018
The state’s Medicaid managed care rolls grew 13 percent last year, rising to 2,153,887.
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Insurance
Pritzker names directors for departments of aging, insurance
Gov. JB Pritzker has named new directors for the state’s Department of Aging and Department of Insurance.
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Health Reform
Analysis: ACA plans ‘out of reach’ for many middle class Illinois residents
Affordable Care Act plans are often "out of reach" for many middle class Illinoisans looking to buy insurance on their own without subsidies available under the federal health law, according to a recent report.
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Hospitals
Rush CEO Goldman to retire
After 17 years, Rush University System for Health and Rush University Medical Center CEO Dr. Larry Goodman will retire in the next several months.
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Health Tech
Carle Illinois College of Medicine aims to ‘fundamentally change healthcare,’ says dean
Dr. King Li, dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, says the engineering-focused medical school aims to change how healthcare is delivered.
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