Congress should extend incentives that expire at the end of this year and encourage providers to join risk-bearing payment models that reward them for offering high-quality, affordable care, according to a coalition of 24 healthcare associations and more than 600 providers.
The Department of Public Health said Friday it will launch an awareness campaign to urge vaccination this fall to address the expected rise of flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., is renewing her call to grant paid leave to individuals who have experienced pregnancy loss.
Cook County Health CEO Israel Rocha Jr. will leave the health system in December to “pursue a new professional opportunity.”
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., introduced a plan this week intended to reduce food waste and help feed Americans facing food insecurity.
The Illinois Senate signed off this week on a plan to ensure township mental health boards can levy taxes to provide services.
Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, a Milwaukee anesthesiologist who is president of the Chicago-based American Medical Association, says his role is “squarely focused on the big challenges in our healthcare system.”
If you ask Ernest Cummings, a newer Peoria resident who found himself in the hospital for a diabetes-related condition, OSF HealthCare should continue using virtual nurses.
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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge is planning a $26.8 million modernization project of its outpatient oncology program, according to a recent application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
Black Illinois women continue to die at disparately higher rates from medical causes, while substance use disorder is the leading cause of pregnancy-related death, according to a state report released this week.
Forty organizations will receive $9.5 million to support child and adolescent mental health services, the Department of Public Health announced Tuesday.
A Cook County initiative has erased more than $280 million of residents' medical debt over the past year, county board President Toni Preckwinkle said Tuesday. Over 158,000 Cook County residents have benefited.
Gov. JB Pritzker unveiled a plan Tuesday to consolidate all of the state’s early childhood programs and funding into a new state agency.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul is part of a coalition of 42 attorneys general who are suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleging that it created harmful features on its social media platforms to purposefully addict children and teens, while misleading the public that the features were safe.
Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth wants Medicare to cover custom breast prosthetics for breast cancer patients and survivors who have experienced a mastectomy.
The University of Illinois Chicago will be the first site in Illinois to participate in a national study looking for a shared cancer signal in a sample of patient blood.
