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The major budget bill cuts around $1 trillion from health care spending over the next decade, with the Medicaid program ...
A rural Illinois hospital closure slated for the end of the week has been attributed in part to a multiweek ransomware incident the organization suffered in early 2021, marking what experts say is ...
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.
Hospitals across the Midwest are bracing for cuts to services and staff in the wake of funding changes created in President Donald Trump's budget bill.
Eleven rural hospitals in Ohio are defined as "at-risk," according to a reputable center for health services research. Here's ...
Trump tax bill could close nine Illinois hospitals, health care advocates warn Chicago safety net hospitals — those that have 70% Medicaid utilization — also will be hit hard, according to ...
Federal Medicaid matching funds increased during the pandemic. When the increase ends, hospital closures that are already a national problem could get worse.
Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) announced there are no current or future plans to close SIH Harrisburg Medical Center.
Illinois' rate of closures through the 2010s and into the '20s clocked slightly higher than the national figure — all of which was measured before recent cuts by Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid ...
CHICAGO'S OLDEST HOSPITAL WON'T BE CLOSING JUST YET: The Illinois Health Facilities & Services Review Board unanimously voted to deny Mercy Hospital & Medical Center’s application to close early ...