Illinois’ two Democratic senators joined colleagues Tuesday on a new proposal aimed at easing access to contraceptive products.
A “critical problem” related to receiving additional Medicaid matching dollars led to the recent decision to suspend copays in the program that provides Medicaid-like coverage to undocumented individuals, an official from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services said Tuesday.
The Department of Public Health awarded $249,000 to OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois to bolster pediatric emergency and disaster readiness capabilities across the state.
The city of Chicago is extending a food delivery program for disabled residents in the Austin neighborhood for another six months.
Researchers with OSF HealthCare’s innovation arm developed an artificial intelligence model that can help predict which patients are more likely to die soon after a hospital admission.
Kimberly Hodgkinson, chief financial officer and senior vice president for Hospital Sisters Health System, is no longer with the system.
A summer COVID-19 wave may have already crested in Illinois.
Gov. JB Pritzker announced a shake-up of some of his top health aides Friday.
Policymakers are set to begin work on a state task force centering around taking a healing-centered approach toward trauma.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville broke ground Thursday on a $105 million health science building that will bring its nursing and pharmacy schools under one roof.
Gov. JB Pritzker sounded off Thursday on Missouri’s recently enacted ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors.
The city of Chicago announced Wednesday the launch of a new pilot program to have artists apprentice in community clinics and become certified community health workers.
Healthcare leaders are among those joining Gov. JB Pritzker and other policymakers in requesting that President Joe Biden’s administration ease work restrictions for asylum seekers and other long-term undocumented workers.
The healthcare industry must look at new and innovative ways to address worker burnout and other stressors leading to staff shortages, leaders said Wednesday.
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services said Tuesday it will delay implementation of copays for healthcare services provided to those in the state program that provides Medicaid-like coverage for undocumented individuals.
Six Illinois organizations will receive $750,000 in federal funds to support efforts to address youth substance use, the state’s two senators announced Tuesday.
