HFS set for further negotiations on 1115 waiver for behavioral health
Medicaid Administrator Kelly Cunningham said last week they expect to have conversations in the coming months with federal partners regarding Illinois’ recently-submitted 1115 waiver for behavioral health services.
Pritzker administration stands by pregnancy crisis center law after judge files preliminary injunction
Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday they remain hopeful a new law that opens pregnancy crisis centers to fraud and deceptive practice charges will be found constitutional, a day after a federal judge placed a temporary injunction on the plan.
Pritzker signs bill capping price of insulin, EpiPens among other healthcare proposals
Nearly two dozen healthcare bills were among the 92 proposals signed into law Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker, including a plan to lower the state’s cap on the out-of-pocket costs for insulin to $35.
Pritzker signs bill intended to improve behavioral health training, resources in schools
Gov. JB Pritzker signed off Thursday on a proposal that advocates say will bring a more trauma-responsive approach to Illinois schools.
UIC’s Dr. Jonah Fleisher talks recently unveiled CARLA initiative
Policymakers came together Monday to unveil several new initiatives to increase access to reproductive care. Among the highlighted initiatives was the Complex Abortion Regional Line for Access, or CARLA, hotline. In what officials called a first-in-the-nation proposal, the hotline will support individuals that need a higher level of care than what is available at abortion […]
Judge places temporary injunction on law regulating pregnancy crisis centers
A federal judge placed a temporary injunction Thursday on a new Illinois law that opens pregnancy crisis centers to fraud and deceptive practice charges.
Raoul files lawsuit, consent orders to reduce hazardous air emissions at Kankakee facility
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said this week he has filed a lawsuit and two consent orders against the current and former owners of a chemical manufacturing facility in Kankakee for violations of air pollution control standards.
Report: More than a third of Illinois counties considered maternity care deserts
More than a third of Illinois’ 102 counties are considered maternity care deserts, according to a new report from the March of Dimes.
HFS: More than 47,000 Illinoisans lost Medicaid coverage in first months of redeterminations
More than 47,000 Illinoisans lost their Medicaid coverage this month, according to data from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
OSF HealthCare, Medica to collaborate on Medicare Advantage plan
Minnesota-based insurer Medica will collaborate with OSF HealthCare to launch a new Medicare Advantage plan this fall in central Illinois, the organizations announced Tuesday.