List/Grid Tag Archives: healthcare
How to find health care bargains
(CNN) — When Heather Staples’ 6-year-old daughter, Sophia, fell and cut her eyebrow, Staples knew her daughter might need stitches. But instead of running straight to an emergency room, Staples…
Medical society planning rally to protest state payment delays
Sangamon County Medical Society officials hope Springfield’s medical community turns out in force for a Statehouse rally to protest a growing backlog of unpaid bills for care of state workers and retirees. “Our goal is to create wide awareness of the problem,” Dr.
EPA announces $500K to combat local greenhouse gases
CHICAGO (STMW) — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $500,000 grant to the Chicago Green Healthcare Initiative (CGHI) to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Chicago-area hospitals by reducing their energy use, according to U.S. Sen.
Chicago Heights City Council approves new health plan for city workers
Chicago Heights aldermen on Tuesday night agreed to a new medical insurance plan for city employees that will save the city more than $200,000 during the 2010-11 fiscal year. Ald….
Provena St. Joseph Hospital president resigns
The president and CEO of Provena St. Joseph Hospital will be leaving at the end of the month. William Brown, who has served in the role since 2002, has resigned…
The Chicago office of McDonald Hopkins continues to expand: healthcare attorney joins the firm’s national healthcare and Healthcare restructuring practice groups
CHICAGO , Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Healthcare attorney, Charles F.
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare finalizes affiliation with Lake Forest Hospital
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare has completed its formal plans to affiliate with Lake County’s Lake Forest Hospital. Northwestern’s health system has obtained both federal and state approvals to proceed with an…
Northwestern Medical’s “Chicago response teams” leave for Haiti
Next wave of clinical volunteers prepare to depart on Jan. 29 The first clinicians from Northwestern departed for Haiti Monday, Jan. 25 as part of a Chicago medical response team…
University HealthSystem Consortium and Executive Health Resources Form Strategic Partnership
Strategic partnership will make medical necessity compliance and denials/appeals management available to all UHC members The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Executive Health Resources, Inc. (EHR) today announced the signing…
New Child Support Technology Will Increase Efficiency, Cost Savings; Ten-Year Anniversary of Child Support Disaster Sees Marked Turnaround
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) Director Barry S. Maram today announced the successful implementation of new technology that will enable the state to cut costs and improve…
