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.
The House signed off on legislation Wednesday aimed at decreasing the price tag of insulin for patients.
A plan to further regulate ethylene oxide emissions in Illinois stalled in a Senate committee Wednesday.
The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago has launched a classroom simulated medical science lab intended to train students in the healthcare industry.
Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin has proposed a plan to require pharmaceutical companies to offer insulin products at a cost comparable to other developed countries.
A new proposal would regulate the distance that electronic cigarettes, tobacco and other alternative nicotine products can be sold from schools.
Gov. JB Pritzker ticked off a series of healthcare investments for veterans his administration has made during a Veteran’s Day event Monday morning in Chicago.
Illinois will give $2 million in loans to 11 organizations to help them buy ambulances.
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there has been a "breakthrough" in their research on the outbreak of vaping-related illnesses that have led to more than 2,000 hospitalizations and 39 deaths across the country, including three in Illinois.
Sinai Health System and SEIU Healthcare Illinois have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract for the union’s nearly 400 employees at Mount Sinai Hospital and Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, the two sides announced Friday.
