Bruce Japsen

Walgreen Co. may join the parade of pharmacies and drug benefit managers expected to provide drug cards for seniors under the recently approved Medicare drug benefit. Walgreens Chief Executive David...

A West Side Chicago hospital is seeking more than $2 million in damages from a Nebraska software company, claiming it provided a flawed new information system that caused havoc in...

It may be a while before a Chicago company can replicate its new specialty hospital on the city's North Side thanks to the Medicare bill signed into law last month...

Baxter International Inc., which has altered its earnings forecasts four times in the last 15 months, may stop issuing quarterly guidance. The Deerfield-based medical products giant said it is examining...

The Institute of Medicine of Chicago may link with a more famous national group bearing a similar name on projects to enhance the quality of medical care in the area....

The state's health insurance industry lobby, which has lost several high-profile health plan members in the last year, now finds itself looking for a new top executive. Elena Butkus, 39,...

Mercy Hospital and Medical Center is sprucing up its operations and physical appearance while waiting for a better bid from a potential suitor, the facility's top executive says. The storied...

The landmark Medicare bill approved by the Senate on Tuesday will transform the way senior citizens pay for their prescription drugs, initially lowering their costs and eventually changing how they...

A lending arm Baxter International Inc. created two years ago to offer financial help to health-care businesses has taken one of its earliest borrowers to court over an unpaid loan....

Moving to establish itself as a major player in the Midwest's home medical industry, a Melrose Park company will make its biggest acquisition yet in a business sector ripe for...