UI Health betting on integrated health homes
A pediatric care coordination program at UI Health has been approved to be one of the state’s first integrated health homes.
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Mar 22, 2019 | On The Record, Top Stories
A pediatric care coordination program at UI Health has been approved to be one of the state’s first integrated health homes.
Read MoreMar 22, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
A new report released Thursday argues that Illinois can address a shortage in registered nurses by implementing minimum nurse-staffing mandates.
Mar 22, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
The head of Ascension plans to retire in December, according to a Thursday statement.
Mar 21, 2019 | Insurance, Top Stories
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive highlighted Wednesday how state and local business groups have used a new federal rule to offer health plans to their members.
Mar 21, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories
The Illinois Supreme Court declined Wednesday to take up an appeal brought forth by an anti-abortion group hoping to overturn a law allowing state employee health insurance and Medicaid to cover abortions.
Mar 21, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories
Republican lawmakers and hundreds of anti-abortion protestors took to Springfield Wednesday in hopes of stymying efforts to expand access to abortion services.
Mar 20, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories
A Senate committee approved a plan Tuesday allowing minors to receive an abortion without having to notify their parents or legal guardians.
Mar 20, 2019 | Insurance, Top Stories
Lawmakers are considering ways to encourage more people to donate organs.
Mar 20, 2019 | Education, Top Stories
Over a third of graduating Illinois medical students are remaining in the state to complete their residencies, with internal medicine the top pick for students.
Mar 18, 2019 | Top Stories
BioScrip has agreed to merge with Bannockburn-based Option Care Enterprises, creating of the largest independent providers of home and alternate treatment site infusion therapy companies in the country.
Mar 18, 2019 | Legislature, Mental Health, Top Stories
Efforts to expand Medicaid coverage for early autism diagnoses and treatment have cleared a House committee.
Mar 18, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories
A group of state lawmakers is hoping to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers to a year after they give birth to help reverse a rise in the death rate among pregnant Illinois women.
Mar 15, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories
Illinois could soon become the eighth state to move its smoking age to 21.
Mar 15, 2019 | Long Term Care, Top Stories
Fueled by a shift to value-based care, house calls are making a comeback.
Mar 13, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories
A bill to raise the smoking age in Illinois to 21 easily passed the House Tuesday afternoon.
Mar 13, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago plans to build a $27.5 million primary care and outpatient services center in Skokie.
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