Illinois is processing only one in five Medicaid eligibility determinations for long-term care within the required timeframe.
Addressing the high number of Illinois Medicaid beneficiaries who lose coverage when redetermining their eligibility is a key focus of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Director Theresa Eagleson testified at a hearing late last week.
Eight Illinois hospitals have been awarded $13.4 million through the Illinois Department of Human Service's State Opioid Response Hospital Screening and Warm Handoff project.
As momentum builds among national Democrats in support of Medicare for All, an Illinois committee approved its own plan expanding the federal program.
President Donald Trump’s plan to allow more individuals and small businesses to band together to create group health plans faces an uncertain future after a federal judge struck down the provision late Thursday.
Arlington Height’s Northwest Community Healthcare is seeking state approval of a 70,000-square-foot medical office building in Buffalo Grove.
Illinois has sued the federal government in an effort to reverse a decision requiring repayment of nearly $145 million in reimbursements to two Chicago hospitals.
The Quincy Medical Group has asked the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board for another opportunity to provide information on its proposed surgery center during an upcoming board meeting.
A new bill pushed by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Matteson, would expand Medicaid coverage for new mothers.
State lawmakers are moving forward with a plan preventing state banking regulators from punishing financial institutions for doing business with the Illinois medical marijuana industry as an Illinois congressman says momentum seems to be growing for a similar act at the national level.
New legislation would make Illinois' medical marijuana pilot program permanent and expand the number of conditions it covers.
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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A new report released Thursday argues that Illinois can address a shortage in registered nurses by implementing minimum nurse-staffing mandates.
The head of Ascension plans to retire in December, according to a Thursday statement.
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.
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.
