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Nurse Kelly Procek, left, and Nurse Debra Crivellone, look over patient information while making rounds at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn on Sept. 1, 2016. Loyola Medicine's $270 million acquisition of MacNeal was finalized March 1, 2018.

Loyola completes purchase of Berwyn’s MacNeal Hospital; Presence gets absorbed by Amita Health

December 14, 2018 at 2:05 p.m.

Loyola Medicine’s $270 million acquisition of MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn was finalized Thursday. MacNeal, a 374-bed teaching hospital with more than 550 medical staff members, is now part of a...

South Shore Hospital in Chicago won't see a funding increase under a redesign of a Medicaid funding program. Sen. Emil Jones, D-Chicago, said he plans to introduce a bill in the next month or two to get additional money to offset the funding losses.

Lawmakers approve revamp of hospital Medicaid funding program

December 14, 2018 at 1:52 p.m.

A long-awaited redesign of a program for distributing Medicaid money to hospitals across Illinois was approved Wednesday by state lawmakers. Gov. Bruce Rauner is expected to sign the legislation, which...

Norwegian American joins list of hospitals seeking to cut pediatric beds

December 14, 2018 at 10:35 p.m.

Norwegian American Hospital has joined a growing list of hospitals seeking to close their inpatient pediatric units amid weak demand. The hospital in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood wants to discontinue...

Dr. Max Liebo examines heart transplant recipient Jeffrey Fenske during a consultation and exam at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood on Oct. 19, 2017.

Loyola’s purchase of MacNeal Hospital could take away Berwyn’s biggest source of property tax revenue

December 14, 2018 at 10:26 p.m.

Loyola Medicine’s purchase of MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn could cost the west suburb its single largest property tax payer, prompting concerns about how the hospital’s removal from the tax rolls...

Edward-Elmhurst Health to cut $35 million from upcoming budget, unrelated to mammoth accounting error

December 14, 2018 at 10:07 p.m.

Edward-Elmhurst Health plans to slash $35 million from its upcoming budget, piling on cost reductions just a few months after the company announced another $50 million cut that resulted in...

Melat Hussen, RDH, left, and Emily Nelson, dental assistant, provides dental screening and care in the Brighton Park neighborhood on Feb. 22, 2018.

Fear, anxiety, apprehension: Immigrants fear doctor visits could leave them vulnerable to deportation

December 14, 2018 at 10:47 p.m.

The man’s toe had turned from deep purple to black by the time his family went to the emergency room. Soon they would discover it was gangrene, a complication of...

$92 million accounting error delivers blow to Edward-Elmhurst Health’s bottom line

December 14, 2018 at 9:38 p.m.

In a whopper of an accounting misstep, Edward-Elmhurst Health overestimated by $92 million the revenue it expects to receive from insurance companies and patients, delivering an unexpected blow to its...

Gov. Rauner says Illinois falls short on job creation. How does the state stack up against its neighbors?

December 14, 2018 at 9:13 p.m.

To hear the governor tell it, Illinois falls far short of its neighbors when it comes to creating good-paying jobs. “Manufacturing jobs, many of which go to union workers, are...

New numbers show that Roseland Community Hospital will receive $6.5 million less in annual funding under a proposed redesign of a program that distributes Medicaid money to hospitals.

‘It’s a travesty:’ Roseland Hospital CEO sees death sentence in funding cut

December 14, 2018 at 8:12 p.m.

Two South Side hospitals fear they may have to shut or slash services as a result of changes to how the state allocates Medicaid funding. Roseland Community Hospital and South...

AbbVie's AndroGel has been blamed for causing heart attacks in men who used the gel. But a jury in Chicago decided in January the drugmaker did not cause a 72-year-old man's heart attack. AbbVie faces thousands of lawsuits alleging AndroGel caused heart attacks.

AbbVie, facing thousands of lawsuits about its AndroGel testosterone supplement, notches a significant win

December 14, 2018 at 7:43 p.m.

AbbVie notched a win late last month in its ongoing battle against thousands of lawsuits that claim AndroGel, a once-blockbuster drug marketed to treat low testosterone in men, causes heart...

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