Affordable Care Act plans in Cook County offer the narrowest networks among large counties in the country.
Endeavor Health is moving around a pair of key leaders.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded the Department of Public Health $570,000 to bolster data efforts around maternal mortality.
Northwestern Medicine will collaborate with startup investor Techstars to launch an accelerator program focused on healthcare projects that promote quality care and improved patient outcomes.
The National Science Foundation awarded researchers at Sinai and DePaul University $1.5 million to expand a program aimed at reducing emergency room readmissions by pairing community health workers with artificial intelligence.
Gov. JB Pritzker tapped Daniel Swanson and Luana Montoya to serve as arbitrators on the Workers’ Compensation Commission.
The country still faces a health crisis for new and expecting mothers, despite progress in recent years, members of the congressional Black Maternal Health Caucus said Monday in Joliet.
Medicaid coverage and bolstering the workforce are key steps that the federal government can take to improve maternal health outcomes, officials said Monday at a panel hosted by the Black Maternal Health Caucus in Joliet.
Illinois Democratic U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth said last week that Medicare’s first drug price negotiations will be “monumental” for hundreds of thousands of patients in the state.
Union nurses at UI Health went forward Monday with their one-week strike, despite a temporary restraining order last week that will prevent some members from taking part.
Planned Parenthood said they will offer free vasectomies, medication abortion and emergency contraception just outside the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a trio of bills Wednesday to strengthen access to reproductive healthcare, as well as protect individuals who provide and receive such services.
Cook County Health said Wednesday it plans to open a new medical center in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood by early next year.
Medica Central Health Plan is departing Illinois’ individual health insurance market next year.
Homeless persons have a reduced life expectancy of roughly 20 years, according to a report released Tuesday by the Department of Public Health and the University of Illinois Chicago’s School of Public Health.
Illinois abortion providers said they anticipate another rush of patients after an Iowa law went into effect this week that bans the procedure after six weeks.
