California-based Prime Healthcare said Thursday it entered an agreement to purchase a large chunk of Ascension Illinois’ assets, including nine hospitals, associated physician practices and post-acute and senior living facilities.
Hospitals in Cook County vary when it comes to the share of inpatient days attributable to Medicare Advantage enrollees, which could have an impact on bottom lines, according to a report by KFF released Tuesday.
Illinois lawmakers continued discussions this week on the role of pharmacy benefit managers in light of a recent federal report that raised concerns about the drug middlemen's operations.
Gov. JB Pritzker took action Friday on various healthcare-related bills, including one that aims to improve recruitment and retention of the behavioral health workforce.
Kevin England will no longer serve as the head of Memorial Health, the Springfield-based health system said Friday.
Stakeholders joined lawmakers in Peoria Thursday for the first of several planned town halls across Illinois related to prescription drug affordability.
The Chicago-based Thomas More Society this week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the city of Carbondale and other municipalities can restrict public sidewalk access outside abortion clinics and other healthcare facilities.
Three Illinois organizations will receive nearly $2.3 million in federal funds to support medical research projects, the state’s two U.S. senators said Wednesday.
Two Illinois community health centers will receive just over $7 million in federal funds to support new community-based medical residency programs for doctors in underserved areas.
Illinois ranks 22nd nationwide for women’s healthcare, according to an inaugural scorecard released by The Commonwealth Fund Thursday. The state was third in the Great Lakes region, behind Wisconsin and […]
OSF HealthCare and OrthMidwest will collaborate to expand orthopedic care in Chicago’s southwest suburbs, the two announced Tuesday.
A House committee recently heard testimony on a plan that would allow dental therapists to practice in Illinois.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul backs a lawsuit against a plan by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expand a toxic materials disposal facility on Chicago’s southeast side.
Service workers at the University of Chicago Medical Center began a strike Sunday night over what they called a lack of meaningful movement in negotiations for a new contract.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago are among the top 20 hospitals in the country, according to the latest rankings released Tuesday from the U.S. News and World Report.
Today, Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC), the nation’s largest non-profit advocacy organization for dialysis patients and their families, is announcing a first-in-the-nation kidney disease training curriculum for community health workers.
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