Duckworth pushes to protect IVF services for service members
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., seeks to ensure service members and their families can access fertility services like in vitro fertilization.
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Oct 28, 2024 | Federal Government, Reproductive Healthcare, Top Stories
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., seeks to ensure service members and their families can access fertility services like in vitro fertilization.
Oct 28, 2024 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
Illinois’ new Medicaid demonstration program supporting facilities that provide comprehensive, around-the-clock behavioral healthcare and substance abuse treatment has officially begun.
Oct 28, 2024 | Health Systems, Hospitals, Top Stories
Kindred Healthcare told state regulators it plans to close two of its four Chicago-area long-term acute care hospitals, a move it says will allow it to provide better care for the region.
Oct 25, 2024 | Behavioral Health, On The Record, Top Stories
Last month, Ada S. McKinley Community Services launched a behavioral mental health clinic at Insight Hospital in Chicago.
Oct 25, 2024 | Insurance, Top Stories
The American Medical Association and the Illinois State Medical Society have filed suit against New York-based MultiPlan, accusing the data analytics agency of being at the center of a “far-reaching and unlawful cartel” with commercial health insurers.
Oct 25, 2024 | Health Systems, Top Stories
The Cook County Board of Commissioners signed off Thursday on Dr. Erik Mikaitis as the new CEO of Cook County Health.
Oct 24, 2024 | Opioids, Top Stories
Cook County Health is installing more Narcan vending machines at county facilities.
Oct 24, 2024 | Abortion, Federal Government, Top Stories
Illinois’ Democratic congressional members joined hundreds of colleagues Wednesday to urge an appeals court to affirm a federal law that requires most hospitals to provide emergency stabilizing treatment to patients, including abortion care when necessary.
Oct 24, 2024 | Law, Top Stories
Nursing homes and other healthcare facilities were protected from ordinary negligence claims based on the broad immunity granted to them during Illinois’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ruled the state’s Supreme Court.
Oct 23, 2024 | Dental, Top Stories
OSF HealthCare is partnering with the Peoria City/County Health Department to expand dental care in the region.
Oct 23, 2024 | Home Health, Top Stories
A new state facility in Chicago will house youth in care with medically complex needs.
Oct 23, 2024 | Federal Government, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is questioning two of the largest pharmaceutical companies on their efforts to establish direct-to-consumer telehealth platforms.
Oct 22, 2024 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Northwestern University said Monday it will pilot a new program using drones to deliver medical supplies and lab specimens at its Delnor Hospital in Geneva.
Oct 22, 2024 | ACA, Federal Government, Top Stories
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined nearly two dozen colleagues this week to request the Supreme Court uphold an Affordable Care Act provision that guarantees access to preventative care.
Oct 22, 2024 | Population Health, Top Stories
Chicago will shut down its migrant shelter system as it transitions to a "unified" shelter system with Cook County and the state of Illinois.
Oct 21, 2024 | Top Stories
Northwestern University will receive $20 million in federal funds to study the health effects of incarceration, including risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias.