Illinois ranked 27th for overall health
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.
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Dec 14, 2017 | Top Stories
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.
Dec 13, 2017 | ACA, Top Stories
Enrollment in plans offered through Healthcare.gov in Illinois continues to outpace last year as the deadline for obtaining 2018 coverage looms.
Dec 13, 2017 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
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.
Dec 13, 2017 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
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.
Dec 12, 2017 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
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.
Dec 8, 2017 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Chicago would serve as the corporate headquarters for a proposed mega merger between Colorado-based Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health in San Francisco.
Dec 7, 2017 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
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.
Dec 7, 2017 | ACA, Top Stories
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.
Dec 7, 2017 | Hospitals, Top Stories
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.
Dec 7, 2017 | Hospitals, Top Stories
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.
Dec 7, 2017 | Prescription Drugs, Top Stories
Gov. Bruce Rauner is launching a 24-hour helpline for people addicted to opioids. Specialists staffing the hotline - 1-833-2FINDHELP – will connect callers to treatment and recovery-support services.
Dec 7, 2017 | Press Releases
Harmony Health Plan, Inc., a subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG), announced today that Dana Barrows, MA LCPC, was named Southern Illinois Care Coordinator of the Year by […]
Dec 7, 2017 | Press Releases
Gov. Bruce Rauner today toured Mercyhealth’s multimillion-dollar medical complex under construction in Rockford, where leading-edge care and hundreds of high-quality jobs will advance the physical and economic health of Illinoisans. […]
Dec 7, 2017 | Press Releases
OSF Innovation, a part of OSF HealthCare, is partnering with MassChallenge, a global early-stage startup accelerator headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts that helps young companies succeed through monetary awards, mentorship from […]
Dec 1, 2017 | Hospitals, Top Stories
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved Centegra Health System’s plans to discontinue 72 beds at its Woodstock hospital and to shuffle services between multiple locations at a recent meeting.
Nov 18, 2017 | Hospitals, Top Stories
OSF can now accept patients needing more advanced care at its freestanding emergency center in Streator after the Division of Public Health revised its regulatory rules.