CHICAGO, Ill. (WAND) – COVID-19 pandemic policy of pausing annual Medicaid renewals for customers are coming to an end. The Pritzker administration is offering to protect coverage for eligible ...

More than 47,000 Illinois residents lost Medicaid health insurance coverage this month — joining millions of people across the country losing Medicaid as states ask recipients to prove they’re ...

CHICAGO — Illinois is getting ready to significantly expand Medicaid, taking it beyond the traditional medical and prescriptions realms. On Monday, Governor JB Pritzker celebrated a milestone in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — About 73 percent of Illinois’ Medicaid recipients remain on the rolls after the first redetermination cycle following the COVID-19 pandemic, while approximately 660,000 ...

Languages: English. Medicaid has been expanded in Illinois for around 3.9 million users. The federal government has approved expanding Medicaid reimbursement in the midwestern state in several new ...

The Illinois Medicaid program pays for the care of roughly 55,000 residents who live in 738 nursing homes, also known as skilled nursing facilities, according to the state Department of Healthcare ...

Illinois’ Medicaid program now covers gender-affirming care, which can include a range of services such as hormone therapy and surgeries. Illinois Medicaid covers surgeries for people ages 21 ...

reminds healthcare providers in the Illinois Medicaid program to revalidate their enrollment status to service Medicaid customers and bill Medicaid. On Tuesday, the federal requirement to ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge could determine as soon as Tuesday whether Illinois’ obligation to make payments to Medicaid providers under a federal consent decree takes precedence over ...