Lightfoot identifies healthcare as a key to growing Chicago’s economy
Chicago’s healthcare and life sciences industries are key to bolstering the city’s economy, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said this week.
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Dec 12, 2019 | Long Term Care, Top Stories
Chicago’s healthcare and life sciences industries are key to bolstering the city’s economy, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said this week.
Dec 12, 2019 | Hospitals, Insurance, Top Stories
Plans currently sold by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois on Healthcare.gov will include access to services at Northwestern Medicine, the two organizations announced Wednesday.
Dec 12, 2019 | Insurance, Top Stories
Illinois’ Healthcare.gov sign-ups continue to lag where they were last year heading into the final days of open enrollment.
Dec 12, 2019 | Prescription Drugs, Top Stories
Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined with all other attorneys general in calling on Congress to pass a bipartisan bill permanently classifying fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs.
Dec 11, 2019 | Press Releases
With $3.75 million in research funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the University of Illinois at Chicago will continue its work as one of only 25 academic institutions in the CDC’s Prevention Research Center network.
Dec 11, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories
The Department of Public Health is still seeking to fill its opening for a statewide dementia coordinator, Gov. JB Pritzker said this week.
Dec 11, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board unanimously signed off Tuesday on a plan to allow OSF HealthCare to merge with Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers.
Dec 10, 2019 | Insurance, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
Department of Healthcare and Family Services officials said they would consider a deeper dive into data regarding the number of uninsured children in Illinois.
Dec 10, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Loyola Medicine will increase its current minimum wage at its three hospitals and network of ambulatory centers, the system announced Monday.
Dec 10, 2019 | National News, Top Stories
Several healthcare leaders of organizations based in Illinois made Modern Healthcare magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in healthcare.
Dec 10, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
The state is seeking an 1115 waiver to implement a law passed earlier this year that would expand Medicaid coverage from 60 days postpartum to 12 months.
Dec 9, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
The Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago’s Board of Directors has formally elected Dr. Thomas Shanley to serve as the hospital’s new president and CEO.
Dec 9, 2019 | Insurance, Top Stories
With a week left of open enrollment, Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration announced it will launch a new ad campaign intended to boost Healthcare.gov sign-ups in Illinois.
Dec 9, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
The state is expanding a care coordination program for residents enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid statewide.
Dec 6, 2019 | HNI Stories, Top Stories
As the first-ever executive director of the Health Care Council of Chicago, Meghan Phillipp is charged with bringing groups from across the Chicago healthcare market together to find solutions to the challenges that face the region.
Dec 6, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Debra Savage will serve as the new chair of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, Gov. JB Pritzker’s office announced Thursday afternoon.