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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Apr 12, 2019 | On The Record, Top Stories
Josh Evans took the helm of the Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities last April, after 15 years of leading its legislative efforts.
Apr 10, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Chicago’s Thorek Memorial Hospital plans to purchase nearby Methodist Hospital of Chicago for $22.5 million.
Apr 10, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
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.
Apr 10, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
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.
Apr 8, 2019 | Press Releases
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 […]
Apr 8, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, State Budget
Clear Spring Health has announced they plan to acquire and re-capitalize Medicare insurer Community Care Alliance of Illinois.
Apr 8, 2019 | Insurance, Top Stories
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.
Apr 8, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
The state's Medicaid program will start covering gender reassignment surgeries, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday afternoon.
Apr 8, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories
Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Sunday that will make Illinois the latest state to raise its smoking age to 21.
Apr 8, 2019 | Press Releases
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 […]
Apr 5, 2019 | Insurance, Legislature, Top Stories
The House has approved a plan that would extend the All Kids program to 2024.
Apr 5, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
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.
Apr 5, 2019 | Home Health, Top Stories
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.
Apr 5, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
NorthShore University HealthSystem launched this week what it believes is the state’s first orthopedic and spine specialty hospital at its Skokie Hospital.
Apr 3, 2019 | Hospitals, Legislature, Top Stories
Several lawmakers are looking to change the process for closing hospitals in response to the potential shuttering of Westlake Hospital.
Apr 3, 2019 | Federal Government, Top Stories
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined 38 other attorneys general in questioning a recent draft report from a federal pain management task force.