Illinois will pursue $601 million in federal Medicaid funds following a multi-agency internal review of reimbursements for the state’s Medicaid program.
The attorney general will soon have greater oversight of healthcare transactions, specifically mergers and acquisitions that include healthcare facilities, under a law signed Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker.
Dr. Allison Arwady is out as commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Illinois fares well when it comes to access to fertility preservation for cancer patients, according to a study released this week by researchers at Northwestern Medicine.
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Safety-net providers that see a disproportionate number of Medicaid members are especially vulnerable with the return of redeterminations, Sinai Chicago CEO Dr. Ngozi Ezike said this week.
SEIU Healthcare Illinois said Thursday it has reached a tentative agreement with Chicago’s Loretto Hospital to end an 11-day strike.
The McFarland Mental Health Center in Springfield will now be known as the Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard Mental Health Center, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday.
OSF HealthCare will start accepting Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Medicaid at all its facilities, the organizations announced this week.
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital is planning an $89 million modernization of its Decatur campus, according to a recent application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
The Department of Public Health said Tuesday it will make nearly $10 million in grants available to strengthen student mental health services.
Chicago’s top doctor said Tuesday she has little concern over the presence of COVID-19 in the city.
Memorial Health will lay off "several hundred" employees, the health system confirmed this week.
Three Illinois Congress members joined 29 colleagues last week to urge the federal government to move forward with a ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes.
Insurers will be required to cover medically necessary prosthetic or custom orthotic devices under a plan signed Monday by Gov. JB Pritzker.
Medicaid Administrator Kelly Cunningham said last week they expect to have conversations in the coming months with federal partners regarding Illinois’ recently-submitted 1115 waiver for behavioral health services.
Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday they remain hopeful a new law that opens pregnancy crisis centers to fraud and deceptive practice charges will be found constitutional, a day after a federal judge placed a temporary injunction on the plan.
