A Chicago program that deploys social workers instead of law enforcement officers to non-violent mental health incidents recently expanded citywide.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., led colleagues this week to press tobacco companies about their engagement with the Trump administration ahead of a recent decision to approve flavored e-cigarette products.
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services announced five participating healthcare providers in a federal model to improve maternal health outcomes.
Twenty-eight health centers and organizations are set to receive just over $69 million in federal grants, Illinois’ two senators said this week.
Medical marijuana patients should have easier access to products under a proposal passed in the final hours of the spring legislative session.
State and local leaders joined officials from Advocate Health Care on Tuesday to break ground on its $300 million hospital on Chicago’s south side.
Nurses at Chicago’s Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital said they will hold a one-day strike next week over alleged “retaliation” by Prime Healthcare to stop their efforts to unionize.
A plan that expands insurance coverage for hormonal menopause treatment heads to Gov. JB Pritzker after being passed in the final hours of the spring legislative session.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Monday intended to streamline how pharmacists are licensed in Illinois.
Gov. JB Pritzker said Sunday night he will sign legislation to protect the medical records of patients who receive abortion and gender dysphoria care.
A new loan program to help financially-distressed hospitals is among the nearly two-dozen proposals in the Medicaid omnibus approved this weekend by the General Assembly.
Proposals to reform and audit the 340B program head to Gov. JB Pritzker after being approved late Sunday night by the Illinois House.
Lawmakers signed off early Monday morning on a roughly $55.9 billion spending package.
The Senate signed off on several healthcare bills Thursday, including a proposal to allow non-controlled prescription drugs to be delivered to a healthcare entity authorized by the license holder and reported to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services has submitted its state plan amendment to allow Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers.
Illinois will receive nearly $8.3 million as part of a settlement with an EpiPen manufacturer over concerns it engaged in anticompetitive conduct related to its products.
