A state commission heard from healthcare policy analysts and advocates last week on how best to provide substance abuse treatment.
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza has been an outspoken advocate for increased transparency in how the state spends its money. She recently spoke with Health News Illinois about the budget, paying down the state’s $6.4 billion bill backlog and Medicaid managed care.
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AMITA Health plans to discontinue services at three hospitals they purchased last year from Presence Health.
Advocate Aurora Health is offering a voluntary early retirement program to around 300 of its managers, according to a Wednesday statement.
Rush University Medical Center broke ground Wednesday on a $450 million outpatient center on the west side of Chicago that's funded in part by the system's largest ever financial gift.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Wednesday expanding protections for abortion services in Illinois.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration of Community Living recently awarded the Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance (LAMDA) with nearly $1 million for the next 3 years.
The operators of MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island plan to close the facility by the end of the year unless they can find a new buyer.
Gov. JB Pritzker reaffirmed Tuesday his administration’s support to address access to mental health treatment and services.
A new report by the Commonwealth Fund found Illinois in the middle of the pack nationally and regionally in terms of its overall healthcare.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has called for an investigation into a data breach at the American Medical Collection Agency, which possibly exposed the personal information of nearly 20 million patients.
Cook County Health and Medical Home Network’s Accountable Care Organization are extending their nearly five-year partnership until at least 2021.
The head of the state’s hospital association joined business leaders from across the Chicago area in asking to be exempted from a proposed ordinance requiring employers to schedule workers two weeks in advance and pay them for last-minute changes.
Mental health officials were excited to see the recently-approved budget set aside tens of millions of dollars for psychiatric care, though they are uncertain how that money will be allocated.
The Illinois Nurses Association isn't giving up on a proposal setting the maximum number of patients that can be assigned to a registered nurse.
Stigma is one of the biggest health threats facing the nation, and ending it is a key factor in addressing the opioid epidemic, United States Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said Friday in Chicago.
