Facing revenue losses during the COVID-19 crisis, OSF HealthCare, with hospitals in Ottawa, Mendota and a health center in Streator, is laying off some employees who don't work with patients and cutting administrative salaries, among other measures.
At least one-fourth of the U.S. economy has suddenly gone idle amid the coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented shutdown of commerce that has darkened stores from Manhattan to Gilpin County, Colo., an analysis conducted for The Wall Street Journal shows.
The Trump administration plans to use money from the recent stimulus bills to pay hospitals for treatment of uninsured coronavirus patients. It says the plan is more efficient than reopening enrollment in the Obamacare markets to achieve the same goal.
United Behavioral Health and Cigna Behavioral Health face potential class actions on allegations that they conspired with a third-party vendor to underpay and devalue claims of out-of-network mental health and substance use disorder treatment.
As the coronavirus roils the economy and throws millions of Americans out of work, Medicaid is emerging as a default insurance plan for many of the newly unemployed. That could produce unprecedented strains on the vital health insurance program, according to state officials and policy researchers.
Vice President Mike Pence said the White House may ask hospitals to use some of their federal aid to cover the medical costs of COVID-19 treatment for people who have lost their health insurance in recent weeks, along with their jobs.