A Cook County judge ruled Tuesday that Melrose Park's Westlake Hospital must remain open as the court reviews a state board's decision allowing Pipeline Health to close the facility.
Medicaid issues are taking center stage in Springfield this session, a panel of some of the state’s top healthcare lobbyists said Monday in Chicago.
Monroe County ranked as the healthiest county in the state and Vermillion County as the least healthy, according to an annual report released Tuesday.
Gov. JB Pritzker and SEIU Healthcare Illinois have reached an agreement on previously withheld rate increases for more than 40,000 Department of Human Services home care workers and child care providers.
Elected officials sounded off on Pipeline Health’s decision to close Melrose Park’s Westlake Hospital at a legislative hearing Friday in Chicago, while the village has filed litigation hoping to stop the shutdown. The Los Angeles-based hospital management company announced last month it was discontinuing operations at the 230-bed facility. Pipeline acquired Westlake, as well as […]
Gov. JB Pritzker signed an omnibus healthcare bill Friday passed during last fall’s veto session that, among other things, makes a $55 million adjustment to outpatient rates for critical access hospitals.
Chicago’s Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is planning a nearly $12 million expansion that would add 20 beds to the existing 242 beds at its rehabilitation facility.
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The number of Medicaid beneficiaries in Illinois who lose coverage when redetermining their eligibility is among the highest in the country, according to Heartland Alliance’s Senior Project Manager Dan Rabbitt.
Details of a measure to create an independent review board that would sign off on rates for health insurers were hashed out during a Tuesday afternoon meeting of the House’s Health Insurance Subcommittee.
Gov. JB Pritzker called on the Trump administration Tuesday to scrap a new rule barring Planned Parenthood from a family planning program.
The state has paid out $11 million in funds this month for construction and improvements at two Illinois veterans’ homes, according to Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has introduced legislation enabling Medicare to recoup money from drug companies that were paid for wasted medications.
Chicago-based Smart Choice MRI plans to open two new clinics in Wisconsin this spring.
A proposal allowing people to buy into Medicaid has the backing of three Illinois Democratic members of Congress, according to a recent statement. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Jan Schakowsky signed on to the bill allowing states to create Medicaid buy-in programs. “We need bold ideas to strengthen our healthcare system […]
A plan to raise the smoking age in Illinois to 21 passed through a House committee Tuesday afternoon.
Gov. JB Pritzker has appointed Grace Hou, a former assistant secretary, to lead the Department of Human Services.
