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 ...

Hospitals across the Midwest are bracing for cuts to services and staff in the wake of funding changes created in President ...

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 ...

When the increase ends, hospital closures that are already a ... More than 300,000 Illinoisans risk losing Medicaid ... The Illinois Hospital Association estimates 15,000 of ...

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 ...

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.

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

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.

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.

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.