Bruce Japsen

A recent state appeals court ruling may allow Chicago area medical-care providers to finally collect $30 million from a fund charged with handling unpaid claims from an insolvent HMO. The...

Japanese drugmakers are keeping their roots firmly planted in the Chicago area. Effective Friday, Astellas Pharma U.S. Inc. will list the address of its U.S. headquarters as Deerfield, the longtime...

About a year after taking the reins at Baxter International Inc., Chief Executive Robert Parkinson has finished assembling his top management team. The top executive at the Deerfield-based medical products...

A popular low-cost medical care program for the uninsured in suburban Cook County is going to give Chicago a try for at least a year. Access to Care, a Westchester-based...

Hospitals around the nation say it is becoming more difficult to juggle the costs of operating their facilities, but that doesn't appear to be a problem for Palos Community Hospital...

Illinois hospitals are slowly beginning to answer Chicago-area businesses' call for public reports on their performance in meeting certain quality standards and reducing medical errors. A coalition of larger national...

Children's Memorial Hospital on Friday said it has narrowed its search for a new home to five sites--one of which is believed to be the nearby shuttered Columbus Hospital--as it...

Enrollment in Illinois health maintenance organizations continues its slide and has dropped below 2 million for the first time in a decade, a new report shows. An annual study by...

Under fire over lax safety checks for some of the nation's most-prescribed medications, the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday said it is establishing a new oversight board to monitor U.S.-approved...

Just as a trial begins here Thursday that may determine whether a Chicago-area hospital merger led to reduced competition and significantly higher prices, a new analysis shows that such health-care...