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.
The General Assembly signed off on a series of bills this session that could significantly shift the state’s healthcare system.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) announced today that Scott Serota will retire as president and chief executive officer at the end of 2020.
The federal government awarded eight Illinois groups with $1.6 million to develop plans to provide treatment for those impacted by the opioid epidemic, according to a recent statement.
A state review board on Tuesday verified its previous decision to allow Quincy Medical Group to build a new surgery center.
Human service providers like what they see in the nearly $40 billion spending plan approved last weekend by the Legislature.
After taking another step toward becoming the first state to legalize recreational marijuana use legislatively, Illinois lawmakers passed a bill this weekend that would expand who can access the state's medical cannabis program as well as make the program permanent.
Illinois will soon have expanded protections for abortion services after the Senate approved the plan late Friday night.
Hundreds of millions in the $45 billion capital bill approved by the General Assembly over the weekend will make its way to hospitals and community health centers.
The Legislature signed off this weekend on a nearly $40 billion spending plan that places a new tax on managed care organizations, boosts funding for nursing homes and increases rates for psychiatrists.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul is joining an effort to push back against a class-action lawsuit challenging an Affordable Care Act requirement that employer-provided insurance plans include birth control coverage.
A plan that changes the process for closing healthcare facilities now heads to the governor after being unanimously approved Thursday by the Senate.
While he still hopes to push a plan to make the existing medical cannabis pilot program permanent, Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield, said Thursday his focus is on getting legislation legalizing recreational use of cannabis past the finish line.
