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LTC providers shouldn’t focus too narrowly on whether attempts to weaken the proposed staffing mandate will be successful, experts warn

Some nursing homes are more reluctant to take hospitalized patients with complex needs to avoid risking survey violations, observers warn.

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Michigan-based Trinity Health has named Janice Hamilton-Crawford its new CEO and president of Trinity Health Senior Communities

The Illinois House Redistricting Committee held its first hearing last week on new congressional and judicial subcircuit district maps at the Michael Bilandic Building in Chicago. Another half-dozen hearings were

Share it Illinois health regulators denied a Chicago hospitals bid to close its doors due to increased costs and lower utilization. All six board members present at Tuesdays meeting voted against closure.  The plans to end services at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center on Chicagos South Side drew outcry from the community as the facility serves some of the citys most vulnerable residents as a safety net provider. The closure plans were also ill received as it coincided with the COVID-19 pandemi...

Mercy Hospital not allowed to close after unanimous review board vote WLS UP NEXT The Illinois Hospital Facilities and Services Review Board voted unanimously Tuesday to deny Mercy Hospitals application to close early next year. That allows for Mercy to resubmit their application at a later time. The Bronzeville neighborhood hospital and Chicagos oldest, serves mostly low-income residents, the elderly and people of color. "Ive had two strokes and two hear attacks and if it was ...

PEORIA — In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called “the beginning of the end” of the pandemic. The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United Sta...