After a spring upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, state lawmakers returned to Springfield late last month for an abbreviated legislative session. A key figure in the discussions and negotiations was House Majority Leader Greg Harris, D-Chicago.
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No date has been set for when the state will transfer thousands of children under the care of the Department of Children and Family Services to Medicaid managed care.
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Any Illinois resident can now be tested for COVID-19 at any of the state’s 11 testing sites, regardless of symptoms.
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Illinois’ two U.S. senators are disappointed that new federal rules on ethylene oxide and other emissions do not go far enough to protect the health of communities across the country.
An office at the Department of Health and Human Services said this week it’s awarded $13.4 million so far for Illinois hospitals to help with their COVID-19 preparations and response.
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Congress will likely be under increased pressure in the coming weeks to approve a new COVID-19 stimulus package, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Wednesday.
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Illinois will reopen its state-operated COVID-19 testing sites on Wednesday.
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An initiative aimed at boosting the health and economic prosperity of 18 south and westside Chicago neighborhoods led to increased hiring in those neighborhoods by hospitals and a jump in local spending during its first year, according to U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who launched the three-year Chicago Hospital Engagement, Action, and Leadership initiative in 2018.
Mercyhealth will continue to see Medicaid managed care patients after reaching an agreement with Molina Healthcare.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday that the city will still start to loosen COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday, after days of protests over the killing of George Floyd left some businesses in rubbles and public health officials worry that there could be an uptick in the spread of the virus.
Illinois has received $1.7 million in federal funds to provide services to older adults and persons with disabilities who are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement last week from Illinois’ Department of Aging and Department of Human Services.
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Cook County Health may have its new CEO as early as this month.
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Fifty-two percent of COVID-19 deaths in Illinois are now linked to long-term care facilities, according to the latest data released by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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As widespread protests continue in Chicago and other Illinois cities related to the death of George Floyd and other African Americans, Gov. JB Pritzker urged protestors to use caution and to get tested for COVID-19 if they exhibit symptoms.
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Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday that Illinois is no longer under his stay-at-home order and he will issue a new executive order that further loosens restrictions.
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The COVID-19 crisis has shined a spotlight on healthcare disparities in underserved, minority communities.
