Cook County medical equipment company owner, biller convicted of defrauding Medicaid program
The owner of a Cook County medical equipment company and its biller have been convicted with defrauding Illinois out of roughly $685,000 in Medicaid funds, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced last week.
OSF to open rehab center in Peru on July 10
OSF HealthCare said Monday it will open a rehabilitation center in Peru next month, the first of several planned services for the Illinois Valley since the recent closure of St. Margaret’s Health.
Illinois receives over $1 billion to support high-speed broadband access
Illinois will receive more than $1 billion in federal funds to expand broadband internet, a step Gov. JB Pritzker reiterated Monday is vital to improving healthcare access.
Pritzker defends proposals to rein in cost of Medicaid-like program for undocumented individuals
Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday defended his administration’s recently unveiled proposals to help reduce the costs of a program that provides Medicaid-like coverage for undocumented individuals.
Schneider sees path for bipartisanship on telehealth
U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Deerfield, said last week that expanding telehealth is an issue that both parties in Congress can support.
Audit: $1.2 million spent on ineligible individuals in All Kids
Between 2018 and 2020, nearly $1.2 million was spent on 11,011 services for individuals in the All Kids health insurance program that were over the allowable age for coverage, according to a report released last week by the Auditor General’s office.
Becerra visits Metro East to mark first anniversary of overturning of Roe
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra stopped in the Metro East last week to highlight the discrepancy of state laws one year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
OSF HealthCare completes first phase of acquiring St. Margaret’s assets
Peoria-based OSF HealthCare said Thursday it has completed the first phase of its plan to acquire assets from St. Margaret’s Health.
IPHA’s Tom Hughes talks rebuilding trust in public health, building up community health workers
As public health agencies enter a post-pandemic world, Illinois Public Health Association Executive Director Tom Hughes said officials will have to put in the work to rebuild trust in their communities.
Raoul joins FTC lawsuit challenging potential pharmaceutical merger
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Thursday that Illinois will join the Biden administration in a legal challenge to block biopharmaceutical company Amgen from acquiring Horizon Therapeutics in a nearly $28 billion deal.