Lisa Schencker

Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are questioning a California-based health system that recently bought eight Illinois hospitals, after cuts to services at several of those locations. The senators sent a letter to Prime Healthcare founder, chairman and CEO Dr. […]

Leslee Cohen-Lavin and her family were feeling pretty good just before the holidays. “Then all of a sudden, we each went down right when break started,” said Cohen-Lavin, of Highland Park. Her 5-year-old daughter got a fever and aches and

The CEO and co-founder of Chicago-based primary care provider VillageMD has resigned, a move that comes as Walgreens Boots Alliance considers selling its stake in the business. VillageMD spokesperson Molly Lynch confirmed Wednesday that Tim Barry has stepped down as

An increasing number of Illinois hospitals are scoring A grades for safety, according to a new report, though a dozen hospitals in the state earned D grades for their efforts. In Illinois, 32 hospitals have notched A grades, up from

The Chicago-based American Medical Association and the Illinois State Medical Society are suing data analytics firm MultiPlan, alleging that it’s at the center of a price-fixing conspiracy with health insurance companies that has hurt medical practices and, in turn, patients.

Lurie Children’s Hospital is the No. 1 children’s hospital in Illinois and tied for third best in the Midwest this year, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News named UChicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital as

The former owner of a Chicago COVID-19 testing lab has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, after his lab billed the federal government at least $14 million for COVID-19 tests that were never actually performed. Zishan Alvi, 45

Chicago-based Oak Street Health has agreed to pay $60 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to insurance agents in exchange for their help recruiting patients. The U.S. government alleged that from 2020 to 2022, Oak Street had a

The former leader of Outcome Health – who was recently sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for his role in fraud at the company – will remain out of prison, on bail, pending his appeal, a federal judge decided

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking North Chicago-based drugmaker AbbVie to task, warning in a recent letter that a migraine medication commercial featuring Serena Williams is “misleading.” The television commercial shows Williams in a talk show dressing room,