Health Care
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Alight Solutions adds medical opinions companyAug 25, 2021 11:00 pm - LINCOLNSHIRE - Alight Solutions, a cloud-based provider of human resources and business solutions, Thursday said it has signed an agreement to acquire ConsumerMedical, a...
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Delta will charge unvaccinated employees on the company health plan $200 per month
Aug 25, 2021 1:00 am - Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a policy the airline's top executive says ...
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Pritzker signs bills on mental health response, insurance coverage
Aug 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been steadily acting on more than 660 bills sent to him by the General Assembly this year ahead of a weekend deadline for bill actio...
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Itasca 'super nurse' earns top honor in her fieldAug 24, 2021 6:00 am - Dawn Gonzalez of Itasca is so passionate about nursing that she sometimes works seven days a week in the field. Consequently, when administrators with BrightStar Care in...
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Ambulance carveout is latest Medicaid managed care battleground
Aug 24, 2021 1:00 am - 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 service...
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AbbVie helps double Ronald McDonald House roomsAug 23, 2021 11:00 pm - NORTH CHICAGO - Ronald McDonald House Charities Tuesday recognized the transformational impact of AbbVie's $100 million contribution to the organization. The partnership...
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Lawmakers celebrate Illinois' role in distribution of penicillin
Aug 19, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers gathered Tuesday at the University of Illinois Springfield to designate a new state microbe and add agriculture sciences to the list of courses t...
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Schaumburg to host Community Blood Drive Aug. 24Aug 19, 2021 1:00 am - Schaumburg will hold its next Community Blood Drive from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, at The Barn, 231 S. Civic Drive in Schaumburg. Participating donors wil...
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Elmhurst Hospital named chamber's business of the yearAug 18, 2021 11:00 pm - ELMHURST - Elmhurst Hospital/Edward-Elmhurst Health will receive the A.J. "Toche" Terrones Business of the Year Award for 2020, the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Indust...
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Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster shots could start week of Sept. 20
Aug 18, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta vari...