Bruce Japsen

With the managed-care industry's business practices under fire from doctors and consumers, the nation's largest health insurers have committed to standardizing their often-confusing paperwork. Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp., Wellpoint Health...

Although Wall Street is pushing the stocks of most assisted living companies into what appears to be an early retirement, Chicago-based Brookdale Living Communities Inc. is keeping investors' attention. Brookdale...

Resident physicians and interns at Northwestern Memorial Hospital upset about low pay and what they consider lousy perks have formed a labor group that could lead to one of the...

At a time Corporate America is deflecting criticism of efforts to confront AIDS, Abbott Laboratories has launched the first of many international initiatives to battle the virus at the core...

Additional aftershocks from last year's passage of managed-care reform in Illinois will begin to reverberate Saturday through health maintenance organizations in Illinois while shaking out some hassles for doctors and...

When it comes to brand recognition, Medem Inc., a health information Web site, lags behind better-known WebMD.com or Dr.Koop.com. But that doesn't seem to bother Medem or the Internet firm's...

The American Medical Association is about to make an unprecedented house call on several U.S. senators who oppose its managed-care reform agenda in Washington. The AMA on Thursday is launching...

One year after the American Medical Association's historic vote to form a national labor organization, a group of Michigan doctors is becoming the first to actively negotiate a contract, the...

One day after a federal judge ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corp., some Chicago-area business leaders were expressing concern about the ruling's impact. Even as company Chairman Bill Gates vowed...

Congress and President Clinton can't get together soon enough for elderly Americans in search of a break on prescription drug prices. One of the few remaining Chicago managed-care plans that...