With Mayor Rahm Emanuel's controversial plan to close 54 underused or underperforming schools, Chicago's educational institutions are once again the focus of negative... FULL STORY »
California on Wednesday became the fifth state to win approval of a CMS demonstration project that will put beneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid into managed-care plans. FULL STORY »
It looked like a perfect storm on the horizon for Illinois teaching hospitals. The department in charge of processing medical licenses was out of money and had reassigned most of its staff to other posts in the state bureaucracy as the Illinois State Medical Society had successfully blocked a plan... FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare staff, wire reports | March 24, 2013
President Barack Obama used his weekend radio address to push for including an assault weapons ban in gun legislation now before Congress. FULL STORY »
By Claire Bushey, Crain's Chicago Business | March 22, 2013
Franciscan Alliance has split up WellGroup HealthPartners, which had lost doctors but was still one of the largest physician groups in the Chicago area. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | March 16, 2013
| Print Magazine
When it comes to infection control, the healthcare industry is paying attention. I am proud to say my staff is as well. The first comment they had when they saw the March 4 cover of Modern Healthcare was, “Look at the dangling masks!” FULL STORY »
By The (Champaign, Ill.) News-Gazette | March 13, 2013
Doctors don't like a proposal pending in the Illinois Senate that would allow dentists to administer flu shots and some other vaccinations. FULL STORY »
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