Bruce Japsen

Having turned a profit for the first time in more than two years, West Suburban Hospital Medical Center in Oak Park recently positioned itself as a more attractive potential partner...

New drug-coated stents for cardiovascular patients might be cost-effective for patients trying to keep clogged arteries open, but they may put a kink in hospital profits, a new report indicates....

Chicago is one of the top areas in the country for health industry jobs and services, but it may need an influx of new positions in the near future to...

It's still early, but Humana Inc. is declaring a small victory in the managed-care industry's battle against rising health-care costs. The Louisville-based insurer is selling new consumer-driven health plans that...

With its core operations, its manufacturing facilities and the bulk of its employees based in the Chicago area, American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc. is now listing Schaumburg as its official headquarters....

In what may be a shot in the arm for Abbott Laboratories and a few other pharmaceutical companies, a joint U.S. House and Senate conference committee is considering whether Medicare...

Illinois health maintenance organizations last year had their best financial results in at least a decade in spite of sliding enrollments, according to a new report. The annual study by...

Abbott Laboratories, which has taken a more active role in Washington under Miles White, will have its chief executive in a key drug industry policymaking role next year. White will...

A Chicago-area whistle-blower will use a chunk of his latest reward to establish a health-care foundation for medical research. Douglas Durand, 51, a former vice president of sales at Lake...

Despite a continued exodus of member doctors, the American Medical Association made money for the third year in a row last year. Thanks to reductions in operating expenses and improved...