Bruce Japsen

In hopes of shoring up confidence in the future of Abbott Laboratories, 33 of the medical product maker's senior executives paid $11 million out of their own pockets to buy...

Chicago apparently left quite an impression on Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. and other investor-owned hospital companies. If shareholder value is to be created for owners of hospital stocks, growth will have...

Florida consultants paring the workforce at the financially troubled University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center have changed their minds about extending the cuts to the executive suite. The Hunter...

Frustrated by quiet, behind-the-scenes negotiations that led nowhere, the federal government on Monday accused Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center of operating a dangerous building and has moved to ban the...

Hannah Rosenthal firmly believes that Congress will add prescription drug coverage to seniors' Medicare benefit package before Bill Clinton leaves office. And she says she's not just saying that as...

To say members of a state regulatory board are conflicted about Edward Hospital's proposed $92.3 million heart facility in Naperville is an understatement at best. At least three--and possibly four--members...

When it comes to hospital mergers, the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church can make deals especially tricky when one of the health facilities doesn't adhere to the same faith....

It's too late for health plans that bailed out of the state's Medicaid managed-care program, but proposed changes may keep those remaining from pulling out of the initiative once hailed...

Already struggling to fill their empty beds, hospitals aren't likely to increase occupancies anytime soon, according to a new study. As developments in science and managed care increasingly keep patients...

Illinois Masonic Medical Center is moving further away from its seven-year relationship with one of the area's most prestigious academic medical centers. The North Side hospital wants to renegotiate several...