Chicago safety net hospitals — those that have 70% Medicaid utilization — also will be hit hard, according to SEIU Healthcare ...

Nine rural hospitals in Illinois are defined as "at-risk", according to a reputable center for health services research. Here ...

The major budget bill cuts around $1 trillion from health care spending over the next decade, with the Medicaid program ...

Stahl noted that financial challenges have become commonplace across the nation’s rural hospitals, forcing some to close. There have been at least 10 rural hospital closures so far in 2023, up ...

The panel - the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board - wields a rare authority over hospital closures, one that doesn't exist in most states.

Three west-central Illinois nursing homes, including one in Jacksonville, are at elevated risk of closing due to potential ...

Illinois health regulators denied a Chicago hospital's bid to close its doors due to increased costs and lower utilization. All six board members present at Tuesday's meeting voted against closure.

The Illinois House passed the bill, which will now return to the Senate for final approval before heading to Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk, according to the report.

A hospital in Illinois will close on Friday due in part to a cyberattack – a rare case of a health care provider publicly linking a hack incident to its closure. The 2021 cyberattack on St ...

An Illinois hospital will shutter its doors this week in part because of a devastating cyberattack, which experts say makes it the first hospital to publicly link criminal hackers to its closure.

Illinois lawmakers have sent a bill to the governor that would halt hospital closures in the state during a pandemic, according to the Chicago Tribune. The proposed moratorium, part of an ...