Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., recently joined colleagues on a plan to expand access to prenatal care for service members.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights said Monday they’ve reached an agreement with the Department of Human Services to ensure enforcement of disability rights laws.
The General Assembly is weighing a plan to expand the ability of prescribers to make chronic pain health treatment decisions for their patients.
Northwestern Medicine is working with Palos Heights-based Trinity Christian College to strengthen the nursing pipeline.
Thirty-two of 111 Illinois hospitals studied by the Leapfrog Group received top marks on patient safety, according to a report released Friday.
Union nurses at UI Health reached a tentative agreement Sunday on a new contract, ending a four-day strike at the Chicago provider.
The first week of the Illinois General Assembly’s veto session saw little action, but that did not stop advocates pushing for pharmacy reform.
The Department of Public Health renewed its vaccine push on Thursday, ahead of the holiday season.
More than $72 million worth of medical debt has been forgiven for 52,745 Illinoisans through the first round of a new state program, Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday.
A dozen Illinois Democrats are seeking answers from the General Services Administration on efforts to address elevated levels of lead and Legionella at four federal government buildings in Chicago and Rockford.
More than 1,700 University of Illinois Health nurses on Wednesday walked off the job as part of an indefinite strike.
Lawmakers heard testimony Wednesday on a plan to expand insurance coverage for speech therapy for individuals who stutter.
Aetna Better Health of Illinois, a CVS Health® company, today announced that members will now have access to free, same-day pharmacy delivery in as little as three hours through CVS Pharmacy for all eligible prescriptions. Aetna is the first managed care organization in Illinois to offer this service to its Medicaid members.
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Easterseals Central Illinois and OSF HealthCare have rebranded their collaborative autism services and fully integrated them as part of the latter’s pediatric hospital.
The state’s Medicaid managed care rolls dropped nearly 0.9 percent in August, according to recent data from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
The Department of Public Health seeks proposals from local health departments and community-based organizations for a pilot project to address health disparities in specified geographic areas.
