The agreement marks Illinois' largest independent physicians group's first out-of-state expansion since launching in 1999.

In 11th-hour maneuvers, the city appears to have used its authority to secure certain commitments from the Michigan-based biomedical tech firm taking over the hospital.

Ventas continues to bet big on facilities that serve aging baby boomers, even as rivals eye adjacent businesses.

Medline Industries plans to acquire a “significant portion” of respiratory products-maker Hudson RCI from Wayne, Pa.-based Teleflex, the Northfield, Ill.-based medical supply company announced.

Chicago bank BMO Financial Group's donation is the three-hospital network’s largest-ever gift in support of eliminating health disparities.

A new report finds Black women in Illinois are nearly three times as likely as white women to die of a pregnancy-related condition. Meanwhile, several Chicago hospitals have cut maternity services in recent years.

Top brass at Health Care Service Corp. got big raises last year, as health insurers emerged largely unscathed from the economic fallout of the pandemic.

The family-owned Northfield, Ill.-based company is reportedly considering a sale, an IPO or even selling a minority stake, and hired Goldman Sachs Group to explore options, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Hill Hammock, who served two terms on the board of one of the nation's largest public health systems, plans to depart the Illinois organization once his term ends in June.

The chief of the Chicago safety-net hospital will lose two weeks of work without pay. But first, the board has to replace another high-ranking official who resigned after weeks of revelations about improper dose distribution.

Hospital staff was instructed to vaccinate more than 80 people on a state representative's lists.

Healthcare businesses had pushed back against a proposal that would have awarded plaintiffs prejudgment interest at 9% a year, saying it would add billions of dollars in litigation costs.

In a unanimous vote, the hospital's board accepted the resignation of Dr. Anosh Ahmed, who had served as the safety-net hospital's COO and CFO.

The move builds on ambitious growth plans unveiled by the 26-hospital network last year.

Dr. Anosh Ahmed has been the safety-net hospital's COO and CFO.