Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services

Private Illinois nursing homes are fronting $300 million for residential care because the state is so far behind on determining whether they're eligible…

The director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is leaving her role for a job in the private sector.Gov. Bruce Rauner confirmed…

An audit issued today shows Illinois government could not properly account for more than seven billion dollars paid to private medical insurance…

Hundreds of thousands of low-income Illinois residents moved into managed care health plans on Jan. 1.Medicaid coverage administered by the Illinois…

Illinois is allowing more hepatitis C patients on Medicaid to access drugs that can cure the potentially fatal disease. The state relaxed a 2-year-old…

Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has asked a federal court to force the state of Illinois to pay $18 million the county says it's owed for a…

Hospitals across Illinois will receive $400 million in federal funding under the Affordable Care Act. Gov. Pat Quinn said Saturday he traveled to…

A Democratic state senator who compared Governor Pat Quinn to Hitler is apologizing for his remarks. Senator Donne Trotter, who's from Chicago, made the…

Two groups of lawmakers in the Illinois Senate are urging Governor Pat Quinn to replace the director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.…