Health insurance rate review plan passes House
The Department of Insurance would have the authority to approve or deny proposed health insurance rate increases under a plan approved Thursday by the House.
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On the record with Josh Evans, CEO, Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
Josh Evans took the helm of the Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities last April, after 15 years of leading its legislative efforts.
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Thorek Memorial Hospital seeks purchase of Methodist Hospital of Chicago
Chicago’s Thorek Memorial Hospital plans to purchase nearby Methodist Hospital of Chicago for $22.5 million.
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DHS Secretary-designate Hou talks Medicaid backlog, home services during hearing
Department of Human Services Secretary-designate Grace Hou called for more staff and further changes to existing systems to help address the state's Medicaid backlog at a hearing Tuesday.
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Judge rules Westlake Hospital will stay open until May 1
A Cook County judge has issued a temporary restraining order that will keep Melrose Park’s Westlake Hospital open until May 1, the day after the state’s Health Facilities and Services Review Board is scheduled to decide its fate.
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Oak Street Health to Expand into Flint, Michigan to Deliver Quality Healthcare in Partnership with Health Alliance Plan
CHICAGO – Oak Street Health, a network of centers that provide innovative primary care services to Medicare recipients, will bring a uniquely holistic healthcare option to Flint, Michigan with two […]
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Clear Spring Health to acquire Community Care Alliance of Illinois
Clear Spring Health has announced they plan to acquire and re-capitalize Medicare insurer Community Care Alliance of Illinois.
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Comptroller suspends payment for online state-employee health insurance program
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza has suspended $5.7 million in payments to the vendor of an online state-employee health insurance program after a recent audit found a series of costly errors in the project’s creation and subsequent rollout.
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Illinois’ Medicaid program to cover gender reassignment surgeries as early as this summer
The state's Medicaid program will start covering gender reassignment surgeries, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday afternoon.
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Pritzker signs bill to raise smoking age to 21
Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Sunday that will make Illinois the latest state to raise its smoking age to 21.
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Healthcare Coverage Information Accessible to More Illinoisans at GetCareIllinois.org
CHICAGO— As Americans celebrate the ninth anniversary of passage of the Affordable Care Act, the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law announced today that GetCareIllinois.org, a website it established […]
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House approves extension for All Kids program
The House has approved a plan that would extend the All Kids program to 2024.
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Decision on Chicago’s work schedule proposal could come next week
A city of Chicago committee is planning to take up an ordinance Monday that would require employers to schedule workers two weeks in advance and pay them for last-minute changes. The city council may then take up the measure at its Wednesday meeting.
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Illinois is again first target in revamped home health fraud program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is set to roll out a revamped version of a program aimed at rooting out fraud in home health agencies - and Illinois will again be the first state it targets.
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NorthShore launches state’s first orthopedic and spine specialty hospital
NorthShore University HealthSystem launched this week what it believes is the state’s first orthopedic and spine specialty hospital at its Skokie Hospital.
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Lawmakers propose change to review board process to keep Westlake Hospital open
Several lawmakers are looking to change the process for closing hospitals in response to the potential shuttering of Westlake Hospital.
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