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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has approved legislation mandating the state’s Medicaid program to reimburse behavioral and mental health providers for telehealth.
The bill was one of five signed into law this week by Rauner, all designed to improve access to mental healthcare and increase treatment opportunities in the midst of an opioid abuse crisis....

UnitedHealth Group is warning​ insurance plan members that they could lose in-network status with their Northwestern physicians after this year.
The insurer and Northwestern Medical Group each said they were trying to hammer out a new contract. Services provided by Northwestern Memorial Healthcare’s seven hospitals are not affected, they said....

The parent of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois, the state’s largest insurer, made more than a billion dollars last year, rebounding after three years of Affordable Care Act-related duress.
Health Care Service Corp.’s 2017 net income soared more than 10-fold, to $1.26 billion, according to its newly filed financials. That marks a return to traditional levels and even tops the $1.01 billion reported in 2012, before the impact of the 201...

The Rauner administration has cut off Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois from enrolling patients in the state’s revamped Medicaid managed care program, a blow to the dominant insurer.
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, which oversees Medicaid, stopped enrollment to Blue Cross on April 11 and issued a $150,000 fine, according to recent letters between HFS and Blue Cross. HFS levied the penalties for two reasons...