Gov. JB Pritzker vetoed a plan Friday that would remove ground ambulance services from the state’s managed care program.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for better access to care for substance use disorders and mental health treatment, it’s also provided an opportunity to combat stigma, said Joel Johnson, the first Black CEO of Chicago’s Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities.
Chicago has launched a new initiative to address mental health stigma and promote awareness of available resources.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed off Wednesday on a proposal to reduce costs and improve access to healthcare for low-income and uninsured residents.
Illinois has surpassed 1.5 million COVID-19 cases, with the Department of Public Health reporting 4,041 new cases on Thursday.
The Medical Home Network Accountable Care Organization, LLC (MHN ACO), a wholly provider-owned entity comprised of 13 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and three health systems serving more than 160,000 Medicaid patients, was awarded a grant for approximately $250,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Northwestern Medicine has joined a growing list of Illinois health systems mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for its employees.
Employees with the city of Chicago must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 15, according to a plan unveiled Wednesday by Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed off Wednesday on a pair of bills to improve mental health services in Illinois. “I’m very proud and inspired to be a part of making bold […]
Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday mandated that all school employees, K-12 through higher education, be vaccinated against COVID-19, as well as healthcare workers in hospitals, nursing homes, urgent care facilities and other settings.
During the first six months of 2021, AVIA, the nation’s leading digital health transformation partner, added six new Member health systems with a record 100% renewal rate from existing Members. This growing demand to join the AVIA Network reflects the heightened sense of urgency for health systems to optimize their digital strategies and mission-critical initiatives.
Read MoreAMOpportunities, a Chicago-based company that provides medical students and graduates with clinical training across the United States, today announced a partnership with Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), an LCME-accredited medical school, and Missouri-based Mercy Hospital System to develop Mercy Hospital St. Louis into a clinical training site for PHSU’s MD program for medical students attending the new St. Louis campus.
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Edward-Elmhurst Health and AMITA Health are the latest health systems in Illinois to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine, coming after this week's full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by the Food and Drug Administration.
Citing a technical error, Gov. JB Pritzker issued an amendatory veto Tuesday on a maternal health omnibus package aimed at addressing racial disparities in healthcare coverage and access for women and babies.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a plan Tuesday to place further regulations on e-cigarette products in Illinois.
As Illinois’ COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU usage continue to rise, Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday that new mitigations may be necessary to stem the current wave fueled by the delta variant.
