Nursing home industry officials are urging Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and forcing many facilities ...

Lawmakers introduced a bill to ensure Medicaid reimbursement rates continue covering essential services in the nursing home ...

“Disability services in Illinois are primarily exclusively funded through Medicaid,” he said ... More than half of those who ...

Congress has proposed cuts to Medicaid to reduce federal spending. However, this leaves more than 3.4 million Illinoisans at risk of losing coverage. Medicaid covers over 80 million Americans, 3.4 ...

(WAND) — The nursing home industry is pushing for Illinois ... Medicaid will upend the industry. Sponsors and advocates said seniors in rural communities have to travel much further for care ...

The Illinois Medicaid program pays for the care of approximately 55,000 residents ... according to the state Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Nursing facilities are paid a flat ...

Nursing home industry officials are urging Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system ... lobby group Health Care Council of Illinois, said during ...