SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday, May 31 that will pump an additional $700 million annually into Medicaid-funded nursing homes, provided they use that money…
SPRINGFIELD – A leaked draft of an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision that could overturn the landmark 1973 case Roe v. Wade reignited a political debate over whether access to…
SPRINGFIELD – Officials at the Department of Healthcare and Family Services believe they made “significant progress” this week toward reaching agreement on a plan to overhaul…
The upper echelon of the state agency charged with overseeing Medicaid is peppered with representatives of the for-profit insurance industry state officials are supposed to be policing,…
SPRINGFIELD – Stakeholders are calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign a bill that passed the General Assembly unanimously and would remove non-emergency ambulance services…
SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would expand Medicaid coverage to otherwise ineligible noncitizens is now awaiting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s approval. That provision was part of an “omnibus”…
SPRINGFIELD – A political battle is shaping up between Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration and one segment of the nursing home industry over a key element of the governor’s budget…
State-contracted insurance firms balk at paying frontline medical providers, threatening the viability of leading hospitals and clinics, and imperiling Illinois’ entire Medicaid…
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