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UnitedHealthcare will stop offering Affordable Care Act plans in Illinois in 2017. It is pulling out of most states.

UnitedHealthcare to pull out of Illinois insurance exchange

June 10, 2018 at 6:17 p.m.

UnitedHealthcare will stop offering Affordable Care Act plans in Illinois in 2017, the Tribune confirmed Tuesday. The departure of the insurance company will reduce the number of coverage options for...

Presence Health gets breathing room with loan

June 12, 2018 at 4:03 a.m.

Presence Health secured a $528.1 million short-term loan from JPMorgan Chase last week, buying time as the largest Catholic hospital network in Illinois attempts to resuscitate itself. The 11-hospital system,...

Physical therapist Nita Cesarz, second from left, works with patient Helen Fandrei at Transitional Care Arlington Heights. The facility has two therapy gyms.

Nursing homes for boomers gain traction over opposition in Chicago area

June 10, 2018 at 6:18 p.m.

Aging baby boomers are transforming the conventional nursing home. The stigma attached to nursing homes most often is that they're a place you go to die. The last thing baby...

Silver Cross hospital plans to build surgery center in New Lenox

June 12, 2018 at 3:47 a.m.

Silver Cross Health System plans to build a free-standing surgery center on its hospital campus in southwest suburban New Lenox to ease large patient loads and meet future demand. The...

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Building is seen from the BP Bridge in Millennium Park in Chicago.

Blue Cross parent loses members in individual market

June 12, 2018 at 4:35 a.m.

Enrollment in individual health care plans, now dominated by the Affordable Care Act exchanges, fell 15.4 percent in the first quarter for the parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield...

Edward-<a href="http://bancodeprofissionais.com/topic/chicago-suburbs/elmhurst-CHIS0017-topic.html" title="Elmhurst">Elmhurst</a> Health has invested $7 million in Smart Choice MRI, which is expanding its locations in the Chicago area.

Edward-Elmhurst invests $7 million in chain of stand-alone MRI centers

June 12, 2018 at 3:55 a.m.

Edward-Elmhurst Health has invested $7 million in a small chain of stand-alone imaging centers, as the Naperville-based hospital owner continues to diversify into more consumer-driven retail operations. Smart Choice MRI,...

Shoppers descend on the escalator at the Walgreens at State and Randolph streets on July 20, 2015. As part of a transition to Advocate Health Care, 56 of Walgreens' in-store health clinics in the Chicago area will close May 15, 2016, for three days.

Dozens of Walgreens health clinics to temporarily close ahead of Advocate takeover

June 10, 2018 at 9:07 p.m.

In a transition to new ownership, 56 of Walgreens' in-store health clinics in the Chicago area will close Sunday for three days. Downers Grove-based Advocate Health Care, the largest hospital...

Health coach Karady Gatz, right, talks with patient Joan Coletto during an appointment at the Harken Health Wicker Park location on May 11, 2016, in Chicago.

Startup insurer affiliated with UnitedHealthcare plans Chicago-area expansion

June 10, 2018 at 8:38 p.m.

UnitedHealthcare's experiment in Chicago mixes several elements, including cushioned chairs, a fireplace, yoga classes and free doctor visits. It's only been four months but so far the nation's largest health...

The University of Chicago Medical Center emergency room is currently in Mitchell Hospital, seen Feb. 17, 2016. On May 10, 2016, a state board approved U. of C. expansion plans that include a new location for a larger ER. Mitchell Hospital would be dedicated to cancer care.

State approves U. of C. hospital expansion, adding South Side trauma center

June 10, 2018 at 7:59 p.m.

The University of Chicago on Tuesday cleared a big obstacle to bringing adult trauma services to the South Side. The university received state approval for a $269 million expansion of...

Struggling startup insurer Land of Lincoln looking for investors

June 10, 2018 at 8:12 p.m.

Land of Lincoln Health, a Chicago-based insurance startup, said Monday it will look to raise money from outside investors to address the financial challenges it faces after suffering heavy losses...

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