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Author: Tim Stumm

Budget, managed care expansion among topics highlighted by Medicaid panel

Panelists analyzed the impact of the recently signed state budget and the expansion of Medicaid managed care, including lingering concerns over claims denials and adequate networks, at a Health News Illinois event Wednesday.

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Midwest Alliance for Patient Safety PSO presents Patient Safety Champion award to a Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers employee

The Midwest Alliance for Patient Safety (MAPS) Patient Safety Organization (PSO) awarded Valerie Skroch, lead physical therapist at Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers, with the MAPS PSO Patient Safety Champion award for preventing patient harm on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. MAPS PSO is an Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA) company.

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Attorney General Madigan calls on CMS to not roll back nursing home rules

Lisa Madigan and 16 other attorneys general are asking the Trump administration to continue implementing a set of long-term care reforms aimed at protecting patients in nursing homes, reducing infections and training staff.

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Elmhurst Hospital chosen again for nation’s Most Beautiful Hospital contest

For the seventh year in a row, Elmhurst Hospital has been nominated to participate in Soliant Health’s Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals Contest. Soliant is a leading specialty healthcare staffing provider and part of the Adecco Group.

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Budget bill heads to governor

The House followed up Thursday on the Senate’s bipartisan backing of a $38.6 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2019, approving a budget bill by a wide margin. The proposal, along with a companion bill needed to implement some of the spending, now heads to the governor’s desk, who indicated Thursday he would sign the bills.

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