DOJ announces $2 million penalty for Chicago-based KareFirst, former owners over fraudulent claims
The Chicago Department of Public Health joined city leaders Thursday to announce an expansion of a pilot program that, in part, treats trauma inflicted on those directly impacted by gun violence.
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital in Palos Heights plans to discontinue its pediatric services.
Illinois ranks 24th among states for overall child well-being, according to a report released earlier this month by the Anne E. Casey Foundation.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois this week reopened its Peoria clinic, nearly a year and a half after it was severely damaged in a firebomb attack.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., recently called on federal officials to do more to crack down on youth vaping.
The former St. Margaret’s Health Spring Valley Hospital is now on the open market after its operators filed for bankruptcy last year.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul sued several companies Monday over alleged improper handling and removal of materials containing asbestos during a demolition project at Lake Behavioral Hospital in Waukegan.
The Department of Public Health last week launched a new data collection process it says will help it track a “troubling” increase in congenital syphilis cases.
The state’s Medicaid managed care rolls dropped nearly 1.5 percent in April, according to recent data from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
Hartgrove Behavioral Health System has asked state regulators to approve a $27.1 million expansion of its hospital in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.
Illinois will make $6.5 million in grants available to create a statewide navigator program for the 2025 plan year.
Beloit Health System will build a small hospital at its health and wellness campus in Roscoe that aims to reduce strain on its hospital near the Wisconsin-Illinois border.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined dozens of colleagues this week to request the U.S. Supreme Court review how much authority states have to regulate pharmacy benefit managers.
Illinois doctors hope to roll back at least some of the recently expanded scope of practice for pharmacists.
Illinois will receive $29 million as part of a nationwide settlement with Johnson & Johnson over charges that the pharmaceutical company misled consumers about the safety of baby powder and other talcum-based products that allegedly cause cancer.
