If she did have to live in a nursing home again, Medicaid may end up footing the substantial bill. In Illinois, Medicaid pays for about 68% of all nursing home care, according to the state Department ...

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 ...

Beginning Sept. 1, Illinois’ Medicaid program will increase reimbursement rates by 20% for abortion services, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced during a press conference on Thursday at the Chicago ...

The cost of caring for nursing home patients has skyrocketed, but Illinois’ Medicaid reimbursement hasn’t kept up The state has essentially said “do more with less,” and we have, but there ...

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 ...

Of all 98 ideas for governmental reform in the book “Fixing Illinois,” one stands out... Illinois should develop Medicaid reimbursement formula Alton Telegraph Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Illinois increases Medicaid reimbursement for abortion services, funding for reproductive health. ... The Medicaid reimbursement rate is going up by 20% and goes into effect September 1, 2022.

To preserve access to care and protect the long-term viability of our Chicagoland hospitals, an increase in Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement is necessary, leaders of the Illinois Health and ...

About 342,000 low-income Illinoisans will be newly eligible for government-sponsored health insurance through Medicaid starting in January as part of legislation signed into law Monday by Gov. Pat ...

CHICAGO (CN) – Illinois cut Medicaid reimbursements for two skilled-nursing facilities by 12.6 percent rather than the 2.25 percent state lawmakers cut from the Medicaid fund, the facilities claim in ...

Additionally, the report concluded that the enhanced fee-for-service payment model led to more doctors participating in Illinois' Medicaid programs, which meant Medicaid members had greater access ...