Hammond, Indiana-based Alverno Laboratories, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, is one of the largest integrated laboratory networks in the United States.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would have to investigate why the cost of insulin has risen and how it has impacted the overall cost of healthcare under a proposal by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
The University of Illinois at Chicago and the Illinois Department of Public Health have received $9.5 million in federal funds to improve maternal health outcomes in the state.
Tackling inequity is key to improving the country’s health, a former leader of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Monday in Chicago.
Investment opportunities for companies serving Medicaid, Medicare and other vulnerable populations are growing, Oxeon Holdings CEO Trevor Price said at the Medical Home Network’s Ideas Exchange Monday in Chicago.
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced the Illinois Public Health Association will serve the Northwest region of Illinois for the state’s 2020 census effort.
A coalition of Metro East groups is banding together to improve the health of the region, which currently ranks near the bottom of the state in several key metrics.
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $10 million donation to help equip a new outpatient surgery center at UI Health, the college announced last week.
A bill aimed at improving the work environment for pharmacists in order to decrease mistakes is heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk, after sailing through both chambers unopposed last week.
Panelists discussed the state of Medicaid managed care at a panel this week convened by Health News Illinois in Chicago.
Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday he will sign a plan approved by the General Assembly to cap out-of-pocket costs of insulin for some insurance plans.
The union representing thousands of nurses from the University of Chicago Medical Center has submitted an intent to strike later this month.
A fourth Illinois resident has died after being hospitalized from a vaping-related illness, the state’s Department of Public Health announced Thursday afternoon.
In honor of National Philanthropy Day, HSHS St. John’s Foundation announced it has awarded grants totaling nearly $4 million in FY19 to HSHS St. John’s Hospital, HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital, Prairie Heart Institute and St. John’s College of Nursing.
The relationship between providers and managed care organizations in Illinois is “light years” ahead of where it was a few years ago, MCO leaders said at a Health News Illinois event Wednesday morning in Chicago.
A plan by Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, to ban flavored electronic cigarette products cleared a Senate committee Wednesday afternoon, as the veto session winds down.
