Supreme Court schedules oral arguments for property tax exemption case for May 22
Oral arguments for a Supreme Court case that could impact which hospitals receive property tax exemptions has been scheduled for May 22 in Springfield.
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Apr 27, 2018 | HNI Stories, Hospitals, Top Stories
Oral arguments for a Supreme Court case that could impact which hospitals receive property tax exemptions has been scheduled for May 22 in Springfield.
Apr 27, 2018 | HNI Stories, Opioids, Top Stories
The Senate signed off on legislation Thursday allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana as an alternative to opioids.
Apr 26, 2018 | HNI Stories, Legislature, Top Stories
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association said Tuesday that a new timetable for legislation aiming to increase the number of providers trained to treat sexual assault victims is not realistic.
Apr 26, 2018 | HNI Stories, Top Stories
Healthcare vendors could be most at risk as interest on the state's backlog of bills continue to pile up.
Apr 25, 2018 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Illinois is the 15th safest state for hospital care, according to a new report from the Leapfrog Group. That’s up from 26th in the group’s fall rankings.
Apr 25, 2018 | ACA, Top Stories
U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., joined a group of 45 other senators in signing a letter Monday urging the Trump administration to reconsider its proposed expansion of short-term health insurance plans.
Apr 24, 2018 | Health Tech, HNI Stories, Top Stories
A Chicago healthcare executive said that artificial intelligence and machine learning could improve quality of life and lengthen life spans.
Apr 24, 2018 | HNI Stories, Legislature, Top Stories
A group of bipartisan legislators are calling on Gov. Bruce Rauner to provide by Friday his plan for renovating the veterans home in Quincy in order to prevent another outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease.
Apr 24, 2018 | HNI Stories, Hospitals, Top Stories
NorthShore University HealthSystem has tapped new leaders at three of its four hospitals.
Apr 24, 2018 | HNI Stories, Top Stories
Dr. Katherine Tynus was inaugurated president of the Illinois State Medical Society during its recent annual meeting.
Apr 23, 2018 | Press Releases
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been working with the Bausch Foundation, the independent charitable organization of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (Valeant) to secure a donation of nearly 800,000 tablets of vitamin K. The tablets will provide treatment for people who have suffered severe bleeding after using synthetic cannabinoids (spice, K2, etc.) laced with rat poison. A chemical found in rat poison, brodifacoum, prevents blood from clotting, resulting in severe bleeding. High doses of vitamin K taken over several months can help restore the blood’s ability to clot.
Apr 23, 2018 | Federal Government, Opioids, Top Stories
The Department of Health and Human Services is providing another $16.3 million to Illinois to combat the opioid epidemic. It’s the second year the state is receiving the funding, which […]
Apr 23, 2018 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Health Care Service Corporation, the parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, posted a nearly tenfold increase in profit in 2017, according to recently filed financial documents. […]
Apr 19, 2018 | HNI Stories, Legislature, Opioids, Top Stories
The House Human Services Committee approved Wednesday an amended proposal that would create a task force to examine the overprescribing of opioids.
Apr 19, 2018 | HNI Stories, Legislature, Top Stories
The Senate signed off on a series of changes to the state’s workers’ compensation program this week, sending to the House a bill identical to one Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed last session.
Apr 19, 2018 | HNI Stories, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
Although Illinois Medicaid covers medications designed to help people quit smoking, copayments and lack of coverage for counseling services remain barriers to treatment, according to a recent report.