J.B. Pritzker cruised to victory Tuesday, unseating Gov. Bruce Rauner by a nearly 15-point margin in one of the most expensive governor’s races in the nation’s history.
The state’s telemedicine task force wrapped up its work last week with a final report to Gov. Bruce Rauner calling for an expansion of the providers and places that are eligible for Medicaid reimbursement. It also said that reimbursement for telemedicine should be on par with care delivered in person.
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is pushing back auto-enrollment for integrated health homes as it continues to collect applications for providers interested in participating. It’s also expecting federal […]
The Medicaid Advisory Committee is launching a subcommittee aimed at exploring ways to use the Medicaid program to address the opioid epidemic, Committee Chair Howard Peters announced Friday. He said […]
The expansion of Medicaid in Illinois helped low-income families rely less on emergency department visits for medical care, according to a new study presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics […]
The Department of Pediatrics at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has obtained a Level 3 status as the first pediatric-specific, multi-specialty clinic to be recognized as a Patient-Centered Specialty […]
The state is again allowing voluntary choice of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois’ HealthChoice Illinois plan. But it’s keeping in place a hold on auto-enrollment. Blue Cross and […]
Consumers will have more choices during this year’s open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act, according to Department of Insurance Director Jennifer Hammer. The open enrollment period kicked off […]
Illinois is home to 73 “high-performing” nursing homes, according to a recently released annual report from U.S. News and World Report. The report analyzed 773 facilities in the state. Nearly […]
CountyCare Health Plan not only asks its new members questions about their past medical history...
Read MoreThe Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center announced today a 20-year milestone for the clinic that focuses on the prevention, care and research of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. The CORE […]
Today, MATTER welcomes twenty of Israel’s most innovative health tech startups and healthcare leaders to the Chicago-Israel Health Tech Innovation Summit, hosted in partnership with the Center for Digital Innovation […]
A group of 20 healthcare, law enforcement and advocacy organizations are banding together to form a new coalition aimed at combatting the opioid crisis in the state.
The Department of Public Health fined more than 80 nursing homes during the third quarter of 2018.
Sinai Health System’s Antillas Family Health Center in Chicago will host a “streamlined” version of the system's refugee health program next year.
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association is polling its members on their use of ethylene oxide to help determine what impact a shutdown of the Sterigenics facility in Willowbrook, or a restriction of the gas, would have on access to medical supplies.
