Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth is asking federal regulators to address barriers that those with long COVID face when applying for disability benefits with the Social Security Administration.
Northwestern Medicine has asked state regulators to sign off on a plan for a $96.3 million medical office building at its Huntley Hospital campus.
The Chicago Department of Public Health said Friday they have seen a recent increase in COVID-19 activity across the city.
Youth emergency room visits and hospitalizations for depression and anxiety have decreased for Illinoisans since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report last week from researchers at Northwestern Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Patients with insurance will have their monthly cost of prescription inhalers capped at $25 under one of the healthcare-related laws signed Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker.
Gov. JB Pritzker has declared August as Illinois Free and Charitable Clinics Month.
Union nurses at UI Health said Friday they will begin a one-week strike starting Aug. 19.
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved a plan Thursday that OSF HealthCare says is one of the first steps to reforming healthcare in the Illinois Valley.
Union nurses at UI Health said Tuesday they overwhelmingly authorized their bargaining unit to call a strike over new contract negotiations once the current contract expires Aug. 19.
Insurers offering individual plans in Illinois next year are pursuing rate changes that range from a 4.1 percent decrease to an 11.7 percent increase, according to the federal rate review website.
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said Tuesday it reached an agreement with a vendor to launch a new professional licensing system.
Indiana-based Deaconess Health System on Monday rebranded three of its southern Illinois hospitals.
Illinois’ new Medicaid demonstration program that supports facilities that provide comprehensive, around-the-clock behavioral healthcare and substance abuse treatment is set to begin in October.
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine will receive $3.3 million in federal funds to study the implementation of a secure firearm storage program.
The state’s Medicaid managed care rolls dropped 1.4 percent in May, according to recent data from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
Gov. JB Pritzker took action Friday on over a dozen healthcare bills, including one that expands coverage for in vitro fertilization services and annual menopause visits.
