The Illinois Medicaid program pays for the care of approximately 55,000 residents who live in 738 nursing homes, also known ...

Lawmakers want the rate to reflect the true cost of skilled nursing care as more facilities are at risk of closing and ...

A nursing home in Maryville, Illinois is closing amid allegations of abuse and neglect. First Alert 4 has obtained a notice ...

Expansions to Medicaid because of the Affordable Care Act and COVID-19 have increased the program in Illinois as Congress ...

Congress has proposed cuts to Medicaid to reduce federal spending. However, this leaves more than 3.4 million Illinoisans at ...

About 3.9 million Illinoisans are enrolled in Medicaid. Of that total, 44% of Medicaid recipients are children, 9% are ...

The current Medicaid reimbursement rate for support services reflects the cost of a skilled nursing facility in 2017, even though the cost of living has increased 35%.

States that were once reluctant to expand Medicaid now have their state budgets tied to the fate of the program by ...

Under Republicans’ plans to slash Medicaid, 775,000 adults who gained health insurance under the Affordable Care Act could lose coverage almost overnight — that is in Illinois alone.

At issue is whether a state — in this case, South Carolina — can remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid ...

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Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are ...