Ameet Sachdev

Surgeon Harel Deutsch, right, and resident Mena G. Kerolus, left, perform an anterior spine fusion surgery May 5, 2016, at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The hospital and United Airlines have negotiated an agreement on spinal fusion surgeries and hip and knee replacements.

United offers employees cheaper hip, knee replacements if they travel to Chicago’s Rush

June 10, 2018 at 6:40 p.m.

Some people travel long distances to get cheaper medical treatment. United Airlines is testing whether employees will do the same. The airline is encouraging workers across the country and their...

Cancer Treatment Centers of America lays off about 350 nationwide, including 81 in Zion

June 12, 2018 at 4:04 a.m.

Cancer Treatment Centers of America has laid off 81 employees at its medical center in north suburban Zion, a company spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. The layoffs represent 5.6 percent of the...

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

Blue Cross to stop accepting credit cards for insurance payments

June 12, 2018 at 4:55 a.m.

In the face of losses in the Affordable Care Act marketplace, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is looking for new ways to cut spending. Starting June 1, the...

Abbott Laboratories campus in Abbott Park, Illinois.

Abbott agrees to buy St. Jude Medical for $25 billion

June 11, 2018 at 3:10 a.m.

Abbott Laboratories made a huge investment in heart-related medical devices Thursday, agreeing to buy St. Jude Medical in a deal worth $25 billion. The acquisition illustrates underlying demographic and health...

Ramona Sequeira, president of Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, is photographed March 24, 2016, at her company's Deerfield headquarters. Sequeira, 50, spent most of her career at Eli Lilly but took over leadership of Takeda's U.S. operations last year.

Takeda USA president: Drug affordability is issue the industry needs to address

June 8, 2018 at 7:25 p.m.

Ramona Sequeira was explaining why she reorganized divisions within her company when she said, "The functional organization that we had was suboptimizing our business and our ability to adapt and...

The emergency room entrance at University of Chicago Medical Center is shown on Dec. 17, 2015. The university is reportedly set to open a Level 1 trauma center on its Hyde Park campus.

State report takes issue with need for more hospital beds at U. of C.

June 11, 2018 at 2:17 a.m.

The University of Chicago wants to add 188 beds at its South Side hospital campus to reduce crowding and meet future demand. But a state report issued Tuesday found that...

FTC case against merger gives insider look at Chicago health care

June 9, 2018 at 12:42 a.m.

The Federal Trade Commission's effort to block the merger of two large Chicago-area hospital systems has provided a rare insider's look at the region's health care industry. The picture reveals...

UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurer, said April 19, 2016, that in 2017 it will exit most of the 34 states where it offers plans on the Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges.

UnitedHealthcare to exit most state insurance exchanges

June 9, 2018 at 2:42 a.m.

UnitedHealthcare said Tuesday it will pull out of several Affordable Care Act marketplaces next year, but the insurer didn't identify which states it will leave. A UnitedHealthcare spokeswoman declined to...

Evanston Hospital, part of NorthShore University HealthSystems, is seen April 5, 2016, in Evanston. Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem are seeking to merge but the Federal Trade Commission is challenging their plan.

NorthShore hospital CEO: Northwestern wants us to lose FTC case, join them

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

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare wants the Federal Trade Commission to block the merger of Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem because it would like NorthShore to join its system, according...

Blue Cross opposes Advocate-NorthShore hospital merger

June 11, 2018 at 5:01 a.m.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has a complicated relationship with Advocate Health Care, Illinois' largest hospital chain. Last fall, the health insurer teamed with Advocate to offer a...

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