New regulations on pharmacy benefit managers and the insurance sector were among Gov. JB Pritzker’s healthcare priorities during Wednesday's unveiling of a $55.2 billion spending plan.
A tough economic outlook and uncertainty at the federal level could lead to challenging conversations this spring on how best to support the healthcare industry, a panel of lawmakers said Wednesday.
A coalition of Illinois Congressional Democrats is raising concerns about the potential impact of cuts to Medicaid, Society Security and other safety net programs.
The Department of Public Health issued over $3.4 million in fines to 242 Illinois nursing homes during the fourth quarter of 2024, according to recent data.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois said Tuesday it will offer medication abortion to state residents through its app.
Lawmakers are set to consider a plan to boost reimbursement rates and improve network adequacy for behavioral health services.
The Department of Human Services’ divisions focused on mental health and substance use disorder would be merged under an executive order issued Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker.
For the first time since launching its lung transplant program in 2014, Northwestern Medicine’s Canning Thoracic Institute has performed the highest volume of lung transplants in the United States.
Illinois’ two Democratic senators expressed frustration Thursday over the confirmation of Robert Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Endeavor Health has formally requested state regulators approve their plan to discontinue psychiatric inpatient services at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.
A new state will give prescribers the expanded capacity to make chronic pain health treatment decisions.
Illinois is seeking proposals to help develop a campaign to increase awareness for community health workers and their integration into public health, healthcare and human services organizations.
Some Illinois community health centers are among those to be affected after an outage of their payment system late last month.
Heartland Alliance Health said Tuesday it would soon cease operations and close its clinics and food pantries in the Chicago region.
The previous owner of a Bolingbrook clinic has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding the Illinois Medicaid program of nearly $2.5 million, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced last week.
A plan released last week by Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Springfield, would support medical students who work in rural communities.
