Illinois could lose $48 billion in Medicaid funding after Congress passed a $1 trillion budget bill, threatening coverage for ...

Planned Parenthood warns of potential health center closures if Congress defunds Medicaid. In Illinois, nearly 30,000 Planned Parenthood patients rely on Medicaid for essential healthcare services.

Nursing facilities are paid a flat rate per day for each Medicaid resident. The rate varies for each facility and is based on three components: nursing costs, capital costs and support costs. In 2022, ...

Industry officials say the low reimbursement rates have led to at least 31 facilities in Illinois going out of business in recent years while one of the nation’s largest nursing home operators ...

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Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are forcing many ...

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

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The nursing home industry is pushing for Illinois lawmakers to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates to help continue essential services for seniors. This comes as 32 ...

In Illinois, one in three people with intellectual and developmental disabilities rely on Medicaid for their long-term care and support needs.

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 ...

Southern Illinois Health Care Foundation leaders worry they would have to cut services or close clinics and medical centers in the metro-east if Congress slashes billions of dollars from Medicaid ...

All told, according to the state comptroller’s office, Illinois spent about $36.9 billion on Medicaid in the fiscal year that ended June 30.