Lisa Schencker

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,