Category: Top Stories

Healthcare.gov sign-ups continue to lag

by Ryan Voyles | Dec 5, 2019 | Insurance, Top Stories | 0

With less than two weeks left of open enrollment, Healthcare.gov sign-ups in Illinois are running behind where they were last year.

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Encompass Health plans $52 million rehab hospital in Libertyville

by Ryan Voyles | Dec 5, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0

Encompass Health plans to open a roughly $52 million physical rehabilitation hospital in Libertyville, according to an application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.

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Report: Illinois 26th healthiest state in nation

by Ryan Voyles | Dec 5, 2019 | Health Tech, Top Stories | 0

Illinois remains middle-of-the-road when it comes to the overall health of residents, according to an annual report released Thursday by the United Health Foundation.

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Officials say pending IlliniCare sale will not impact transfer of DCFS youth to managed care

by Ryan Voyles | Dec 5, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0

The recently announced sale of IlliniCare Health Plan will have no impact on the transition of thousands of children under the care of the Department of Children and Family Services to the managed care plan, health officials said this week.

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Illinois lawmakers ask EPA for stricter regulations on ethylene oxide

by Ryan Voyles | Dec 4, 2019 | Federal Government, Health Tech, Top Stories | 0

Members of the Illinois congressional delegation are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate ethylene oxide emissions at commercial sterilization facilities.

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