ROCKFORD, Illinois⎯ Mercyhealth Hospital-Rockton Avenue was designated as a pediatric trauma center, making it one of only 5 in Illinois and the only hospital in Rockford region equipped and staffed […]
Naperville—The Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA) is pleased to announce its newly elected 2018 Board of Trustees. Board officers serve a one-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2018. Chair: William […]
The number of Illinois residents enrolling through Healthcare.gov declined compared to last open enrollment period, according to numbers released by the federal government Thursday.
Democratic lawmakers grilled an actuary hired by the state about the adequacy of next year’s rates for Medicaid managed care organizations in light of concerns about projected losses for companies in the program.
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation Wednesday he said would crack down on the practice of patients obtaining opioid prescriptions from multiple physicians.
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Health Care Fraud Elimination Task Force reported that the State has saved, prevented or recovered approximately $450 million in fraudulent or wasteful Medicaid spending in fiscal years […]
Illinois is the 27st healthiest state in the country, according to United Health Foundation’s annual America’s Health Rankings report. That’s down a spot from 2016, when it was 26th.
Enrollment in plans offered through Healthcare.gov in Illinois continues to outpace last year as the deadline for obtaining 2018 coverage looms.
An assessment cautions that rates paid to health plans participating in Illinois’ Medicaid program will not offset the expected rise in the program's health costs, which could cause some plans to leave as the state transitions members to managed care.
Illinois won’t be impacted if Congress doesn’t renew federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program until September, a state official told lawmakers last week.
The head of the department overseeing Illinois’ transition to managed care in the Medicaid program pushed back against concerns about the cost of the change at a public hearing in Chicago last week.
Chicago would serve as the corporate headquarters for a proposed mega merger between Colorado-based Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health in San Francisco.
The state’s chief procurement officer said this week a $12.5 million no-bid contract between the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and McKinsey and Company violates state law.
Enrollment through the Healthcare.gov marketplace continues to grow as consumers face a fast-approaching deadline to sign up for 2018 coverage, according to data released by the federal government Wednesday.
Less than a year after abandoning its efforts to merge with NorthShore University HealthSystem, Advocate Health Care is setting its sights on Wisconsin’s largest system.
BJC HealthCare has filed an application with the state to assume full control of Memorial Hospital Belleville and Memorial Hospital East in Shiloh. It also wants to build a $38.3 million, three-story facility on Memorial Hospital East’s new campus where it would host a Siteman Cancer Center facility in partnership with the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
