Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposed budget includes nearly $500 million for health and human services - that will only be released if a new income tax model takes effect next year.
About 59 percent of federal grant dollars that flowed to Illinois last year went to Medicaid, according to a recent report from Pew Charitable Trusts.
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and the Illinois Department of Corrections have launched a pilot program intended to improve healthcare services for individuals at certain state correctional facilities.
Advocates and lawmakers unveiled a plan Tuesday morning that would make sweeping changes to how prior authorization works in Illinois.
Three Lakes Foundation and MATTER today announced the launch of a new innovation challenge focused on accelerating solutions for PF: a family of related lung diseases that causes progressive scarring of lung tissue and affects more than three million people around the world.
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Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined nine colleagues in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to improve its proposed amendments to national standards for controlling and preventing lead in drinking water.
The bulk of Gov. JB Pritzker's plan to save $750 million over the next three years will come from healthcare savings from renegotiated contracts with state workers.
The two Illinoisans diagnosed with novel coronavirus have recovered and are no longer in home isolation, health officials announced this weekend.
Former Illinois Medicaid Director Doug Elwell has joined Health Management Associates as its new chief operating officer, the firm announced Monday.
The Illinois Kidney Care Alliance, a collection of providers and advocates on the dialysis and organ transplant side of kidney care, launched last week. The goal is to raise awareness for kidney disease and encourage organ donations and transplants.
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Chicago-based Oak Street Health plans for “significant national expansion” this year, the company announced Thursday.
Family and close contacts for the two Illinoisans diagnosed with novel coronavirus are no longer under investigation for potential exposure for the disease, health officials announced Thursday.
Illinois has not seen as many rural hospital closures as other states, but hospital advocates said rural providers continue to survive on razor-thin margins.
Rosalind Franklin University’s Center for Genetic Diseases is working to understand the mechanisms of dysfunction in inherited disorders and to discover treatments using small molecule and nucleic acid-based approaches. It will work closely with Exicure, which is developing a new class of immunomodulatory and gene-silencing drugs against validated targets.
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The head of Chicago’s Sinai Health System said they will continue to consider potential partnerships or collaborations to improve healthcare services.
Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday the state will release $500 million to support a major hub aimed at boosting entrepreneurship, research and workforce development.
