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State announces change in funding for children’s vaccines
Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration announced last week that it would renew a program that makes it easier for low-income children to receive vaccinations.
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Jul 8, 2019 | Top Stories, Vaccination
Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration announced last week that it would renew a program that makes it easier for low-income children to receive vaccinations.
Jul 8, 2019 | Press Releases
On the heels of being ranked thirteenth in the country in pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery by U.S. News & World Report, Advocate Children’s Heart Institute unveiled their new Busking […]
Jul 2, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
Officials began to weigh potential changes to the state's integrated health home program late last week.
Jul 2, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
Illinois agencies plan to hire hundreds of workers to help address the Medicaid backlog.
Jul 2, 2019 | Federal Government, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories
Illinois owes the federal government over $4 million after it failed to collect rebates for drugs prescribed to Medicaid patients by physicians, according to a federal audit.
Jul 1, 2019 | Opioids, Top Stories
Increasing quality measures to ensure those with substance use disorder are receiving continued treatment are among the options being weighed by state policymakers to address the opioid epidemic.
Jul 1, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories
Hospitals, community health centers and various individual projects are set to receive much-needed state dollars after Gov. JB Pritzker signed off Friday on the state's first major capital plan in a decade.
Jul 1, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
The head of Cook County Health fired back Friday against a report from the county’s inspector general report that found its Medicaid health plan would be unable to pay its bills each year.
Jun 28, 2019 | On The Record, Top Stories
Aneesh Chopra, President Barack Obama’s former chief technology officer, thinks the healthcare industry has a “mindset” problem when it comes to patient data.
Jun 28, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories
Sterigenics announced Thursday it has applied for permits with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to upgrade control measures at its Willowbrook facility, which has been closed since February due to ethylene oxide emissions.
Jun 28, 2019 | Federal Government, Top Stories
The Supreme Court on Thursday put a hold on the U.S. Census including a question about citizenship.
Jun 28, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Iowa-based UnityPoint Health signed a letter of intent to explore a merger with South Dakota-based Sanford Health, the two health systems announced Friday morning.
Jun 28, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Swedish Covenant Health plans to join NorthShore University HealthSystem, the systems announced Thursday.
Jun 27, 2019 | Press Releases
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is investigating four cases of Legionnaires’ disease in individuals who were at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, two of whom were patients within the past two months.
Jun 27, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Swedish Covenant Health is planning to join NorthShore University HealthSystem, the systems announced Thursday.
Jun 27, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Marion Hospital Corporation and Quorum Health Corporation plan to discontinue their obstetric services at Heartland Regional Medical Center.