Illinois small businesses to get early look at Obamacare exchange
Illinois is one of five states where small businesses will get an early start to the process of evaluating health insurance plans for next year as part of an effort...
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CVS pulls last of tobacco items a month early, plans name change
The nation's No. 2 drugstore operator has finally kicked the habit. CVS plans to announce Wednesday that it has pulled all remaining cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products...
Baxter reportedly considering HQ move out of Illinois
Baxter International Inc. is said to be considering the Boston area for the corporate headquarters of one of the two companies it will create after it spins off its bioscience...
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, Cadence Health finalize merger
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Cadence Health have finalized their plan to combine, creating a health system with four acute-care hospitals, 1,600 inpatient beds and a medical staff of more than...
University of Illinois Hospital nurses vote to authorize strike
University of Illinois Hospital nurses voted by a wide margin to authorize a strike if their union and the West Side hospital system are unable to come to terms on...
Nurses threaten strike over wages at University of Illinois Hospital
Nurses at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System are seeking a 21.5 percent wage increase over three years, a hike hospital administrators said would cost the system...
State renews marketing contract for Obamacare
Illinois has renewed its contract with the public relations firm FleishmanHillard to handle communications, advertising and marketing the state's insurance exchange through April 2015.The nine-month contract, effective August 15, is...
Walgreens pharmacy database crashes temporarily, blocking prescriptions
Walgreen Co.'s pharmacy database crashed and remained down for several hours on Friday morning, blocking customers from filling prescriptions. The Deerfield-based drugstore chain said the systems were restored at all...
Illinois exchange on 3 additional insurers’ radar for 2015
Three new insurers plan to offer policies on the Illinois health insurance exchange in the second year of the Affordable Care Act, including one that counts hospitals as financial partners....
Baxter reports success in late-stage trial on extended release hemophilia drug
Baxter International Inc. said Thursday a key hemophilia drug under development met its primary goal in a late-stage clinical study. The drug, known as BAX 855, is essentially a stronger,...