Cottage Hospital to suspend labor, delivery, urology operations April 2, 2019 8:41 pm|Expectant mothers will have to go somewhere other than Galesburg Cottage Hospital to have their babies starting May…
Black moms more likely to die from pregnancy-related ills October 19, 2018 11:08 am|CHICAGO (AP) – Black women who have just given birth in Illinois are more likely to die from…
Rauner signs laws aimed at nursing-home Medicaid backlog August 3, 2018 11:24 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed laws designed to cut back on a growing and…
Illinois on hook for $300M in nursing care June 29, 2018 11:32 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Associated Press has learned that private Illinois nursing homes are fronting $300 million…
Illinois to fund Medicaid preventative dental services June 19, 2018 11:37 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ Medicaid program will soon provide preventative dental care for almost half a million…
Ill. wants to provide health care with virtual technology May 10, 2018 11:39 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A state task force will work to expand virtual health care to Illinois residents…
Rauner signs new Medicaid funding plan for hospitals March 13, 2018 12:26 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a Medicaid funding plan that changes the way…
The Latest: Illinois Senate OKs Medicaid funding plan March 1, 2018 12:11 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on legislative action on the Medicaid program for hospitals (all times local):
2 hospitals could close under Medicaid plan House considers February 13, 2018 1:02 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois House committee plans to consider a revised plan for doling out federal Medicaid reimbursements…
Audit finds lax monitoring of $7B in Medicaid payments January 24, 2018 12:46 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A state audit has found that Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration cannot properly account for…
Illinois hospitals prepare for Medicaid funding changes January 22, 2018 5:59 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — Many Illinois hospitals whose budgets rely heavily on Medicaid funding are bracing for a financial hit, as…
Activists seek injunction against Illinois abortion law December 28, 2017 1:05 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Conservative activists and legislators pressing a lawsuit against publicly funded abortions in Illinois are seeking an…
Rauner health chief defends $63B Medicaid contract December 8, 2017 12:31 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner’s health care chief says a $63 billion Medicaid managed care program…
Illinois comptroller nixes pay on a 2nd Rauner contract December 7, 2017 12:59 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois state comptroller has halted payment on a second contract that Gov. Bruce…
Medicaid overhaul to cost more, but save more November 30, 2017 12:35 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ Medicaid patients will see a change in health care coverage Jan. 1.
US, Illinois sue owners of youth counseling center for fraud November 2, 2017 12:07 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — The federal government and the state of Illinois have filed a lawsuit accusing a suburban…
Conservatives threaten Rauner with primary over abortion law October 1, 2017 12:48 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Conservative anger over Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s expansion of taxpayer-funded abortion is prompting threats…
Judge orders Illinois to pay more toward Medicaid bills July 1, 2017 12:39 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the state of Illinois to pay $253 million more toward Medicaid…
Illinois tells court it can’t pay much more for Medicaid June 28, 2017 8:30 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A lawyer has told a federal judge in a civil case surrounding billions of dollars in…
Health center offering school and sports physicals June 7, 2017 8:34 pm|The Knox Community Health Center will be offering school and sports physical exams by staff on select dates…