The House signed off Tuesday on a plan to expand abortion protections in Illinois, clearing the way for approval by the Senate by the end of the week.
Lawmakers filed a Medicaid omnibus bill Tuesday focusing on managed care and the state’s backlog of applications.
The University of Chicago’s School of Medicine was recently honored for helping improve trust in healthcare.
A bill expanding abortion rights in Illinois cleared a major hurdle this weekend, passing out of a House committee Sunday night along party lines.
Lawmakers and the Illinois Health and Hospital Association have agreed on legislation that would make changes to the process for closing healthcare facilities.
The main House sponsor for legislation establishing nurse staffing ratios told Health News Illinois that he still plans to push for the plan in the final week of session.
Decatur Memorial Hospital is set to join Springfield-based Memorial Health System this fall, pending regulatory approval.
A bill expanding abortion rights in Illinois should clear the House in the next week, said its sponsor Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago.
Newly inaugurated Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to boost access to mental health services, better connect eligible residents with insurance coverage and hire a city Medicaid director.
Addressing the Medicaid backlog and tackling persistent issues with managed care claims are two major issues lawmakers hope to address in a Medicaid omnibus bill that could be released in the coming days.
Three independent service coordination agencies have sued the Department of Human Services over a planned change to decrease the number of service regions.
A plan to allow the Department of Insurance to approve or deny proposed health insurance rate increases would also allow them to reject “inadequate” rates under an amendment discussed Wednesday during a Senate committee.
The Illinois State Dental Society is pushing a plan that would require insurers to cover treatments for birth defects, including a cleft palate.
The state is pressing the reset button on integrated health homes.
Illinois’ Medicaid managed care rolls inched up 0.29 percent during the month of March, bringing the total enrollment to 2,097,951.
A bill that would require private insurers to cover the cost of EpiPens for minors when deemed “medically necessary” is heading to the governor after the Senate unanimously signed off last week.
