Illinois Health Care Association

06/24/2026

Conversations around can touch on aging, independence and a large expense - although these topics are hard to discuss, they are important to have with loved ones.

Assess all your options and make a plan early.

06/23/2026

“People who are our patients, they continue to have a life and life needs. Nursing home environments often impinge on life as such and our our practice is to figure out residents’ unmet needs and attend to them."

One of the nation’s largest nursing homes is expanding its behavioral health initiatives, offering important insights for caregiving as providers nationwide admit more patients than ever with serious mental illness or other complex diagnoses.

06/23/2026

Long term care operators are facing a hard truth: the staffing model that built the industry no longer matches the workforce of attracting and retaining staff.
https://www.mcknights.com/marketplace/marketplace-experts/the-innovators-dilemma-in-long-term-care/

06/22/2026

A federal watchdog is pushing the CMS to toughen its audit processes to ensure accuracy of payroll-based staffing data the agency collects from nursing homes.

A federal watchdog is pushing CMS to toughen its audit processes to ensure accuracy of payroll-based staffing data the agency collects from nursing homes.

06/22/2026

Either the observers issuing the warnings overstated the risk of widespread closing or COVID-era emergency funds succeeded in heading off a calamity of national proportions.

Either the stakeholders issuing the warnings overstated the risk of widespread closings—or COVID-era emergency funds succeeded in heading off a calamity of national proportions. Either way, patient access has taken a hit here and there.

06/21/2026

Celebrating all the fathers and father-figures in our lives - past and present - today is your day and we honor you!

06/19/2026

What senior living providers can expect from the GAO’s upcoming tech study?
https://www.mcknightsseniorliving.com/news/what-senior-living-providers-can-expect-from-the-gaos-upcoming-tech-study/

06/19/2026

Governor JB Pritzker announced 434 Illinois pharmacies will receive nearly $25M in support - the first distribution of annual funding established through legislation he signed last year.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_526698c3-a297-54f7-a1af-1a7559a5beb1.html

Gov. JB Pritzker announced nearly $25 million in funding to support 434 independent pharmacies across the state.

06/19/2026

Today is Juneteenth 2026
https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/juneteenth-2026/

06/18/2026

Managed care plans are facing increased cost pressures, even as utilization management and traditional, slow prior authorization practices face growing scrutiny.
https://www.mcknights.com/news/move-over-prior-auth-health-plans-using-improved-data-care-coordination-to-divert-snf-patients/
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Care management tools and more robust data are giving health plans more influence over discharge planning and reducing post-acute utilization even before patients leave the hospital.