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25,000-worker shortage seen for area’s hospitals by 2020

August 22, 2021 at 4:14 p.m.

Chicago-area hospitals project that their worker shortages could increase tenfold by 2020, leaving them short as many as 25,000 employees, according to a report released this week. The Metropolitan Chicago...

TAP deal aims to treat threat of profit heartburn

August 22, 2021 at 12:13 p.m.

With sales of its blockbuster heartburn drug Prevacid threatened by rivals, a Lake Forest drugmaker has signed a deal with a South Korean company in hopes of bringing a new...

Abbott faces a new rival in arthritis treatments

August 22, 2021 at 2:11 p.m.

In the ever-expanding field of new rheumatoid arthritis treatments, a third rival is emerging for Abbott Laboratories' rheumatoid arthritis prescription Humira. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel Tuesday...

Evanston Northwestern expands outpatient surgery reach

August 22, 2021 at 4:28 p.m.

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare is launching a major expansion of its outpatient surgery business beyond its core customer base in Chicago's North Shore suburbs. Evanston Northwestern said it has taken an...

Costs keep climbing as Vioxx trial wends toward end

August 22, 2021 at 11:28 a.m.

While a jury has yet to rule on the first of more than 4,200 civil lawsuits challenging the safety of Merck & Co.'s arthritis drug Vioxx, the tab for both...

Access to Care extends city program’s borders

August 22, 2021 at 11:26 a.m.

Hoping to build some momentum for a low-cost medical program for the uninsured, a suburban group is trying to expand further into the city of Chicago. Access to Care, a...

Drug plan premiums to be lower

January 30, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

The Bush administration Tuesday said monthly premiums for the new Medicare drug benefit will average $32.20 a month, or almost 14 percent less than originally projected for the coverage coming...

Drug plan premiums to be lower

January 30, 2019 at 8:48 a.m.

The Bush administration Tuesday said monthly premiums for the new Medicare drug benefit will average $32.20 a month, or almost 14 percent less than originally projected for the coverage coming...

Medicare late-signup fee already bitter pill for some

January 30, 2019 at 8:49 a.m.

Medicare-eligible seniors who do not sign up for the new prescription drug benefit coming on line in 2006 will face penalties of 12 percent a year. That's one of the...

Medicare late-signup fee already bitter pill for some

January 30, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

Medicare-eligible seniors who do not sign up for the new prescription drug benefit coming on line in 2006 will face penalties of 12 percent a year. That's one of the...

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