SPRINGFIELD — Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a leading Catholic health ministry with operations in Illinois and Wisconsin, announced today that Leanne M. Yanni, MD, MHCM, FACP, has been named President and CEO of Illinois Physician Enterprise for HSHS. Dr. Yanni will begin March 17. In this role, Dr. Yanni will have strategic and operational responsibility for HSHS Medical Group, Prairie Cardiovascular, Physician Clinical Integration Network, LLC (PCIN), HSHS ACO, LLC, and Prairie Education & Research Cooperative (PERC). Dr. Yanni is a collaborative physician executive with over 20 years of progressive leadership experience in navigating change and transformation in matrixed organizations. She comes to HSHS from the Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) system, where she most recently served as the Market Ambulatory Chief Medical Officer for the Bon Secours Richmond Market in Richmond, Virginia, with seven hospitals and 400 employed providers. Concurrently, she has been serving
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced the bipartisan Drug-price Transparency for Consumers (DTC) Act , a bill that would require price disclosures on advertisements for prescription drugs in order to empower patients and reduce Americans’ colossal spending on medications. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that prescription drugs advertised directly to consumers accounted for 58 percent of Medicare’s spending on drugs between 2016 and 2018, while a 2023 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that two-thirds of advertised drugs offered “low therapeutic value.” By requiring direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertisements for prescription drugs to include a disclosure of the list price, patients can make informed choices when inundated with drug commercials and pharmaceutical
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has signed three executive orders that he says will foster a more effective government. Kehoe signed the orders Thursday and according to a press release from his office, Executive order 25-11 gives authority to the Governor’s staff to supervise specific departments, divisions, and agencies to ensure they are managed efficiently. Order…
MediBeacon Inc., a St. Louis-based medical technology company, has received approval from federal regulators for use of its technology in kidney patients.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary. Thursday’s vote pushed Hegseth toward confirmation, despite grave objections from Democrats and stirring unease among Republicans over his behavior and qualifications to lead the U.S. military. Two Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins…
Despite a lot of bullshit about how Trump is super “populist,” “supports antitrust reform,” and will “carry on the legacy of monopoly busters like Lina Khan,” none of that has ever been true. Trump’s first administration was jam packed with the rubber stamping of plenty of terrible mergers. Streaming, media, and telecom companies are very […]
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones released the “State of Public Safety 2025” report, highlighting the all-hands-on-deck approach that has led to the lowest number of homicides in the City of St. Louis since 2013, a 15% reduction in all crime, and a clearance rate far outpacing the national average. “This report gives the public a clear understanding of our crime reduction efforts and goes into detail about why they work,” said Mayor Tishaura O. Jones. “We will continue to use these methods to reduce crime even further in 2025. This year, we will train and hire more officers, and we will stay laser-focused on our commitment to the residents of St. Louis to improve their safety every day. We will invest and act on what works: prevention, intervention, and enforcement.” Despite the clear improvements to public safety in the City of St. Louis, politicians in Jefferson City will today discuss taking away local control of the St. Louis Metropolitan
Four men from the Chicago area are in custody for trying to break into a home in a small fishing community in rural Missouri and then fleeing from law enforcement.
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Missouri Women in Trades (MOWIT), a non-profit group dedicated to helping women enter and succeed in the local union building trades, has received $41,000 in grants to support its cause. “One of our goals for 2024 was to apply for more funds through various foundations,” said MOWIT President Dawn […]
The St. Louis City Fire Department conducted ice water rescue training to prepare for winter weather emergencies, involving about 30 tactical firefighters from Engine House One and Eleven, who are part of the Marine One task force.
Parental instincts and quick reaction time led to two Central Illinois parents saving their child’s life. It started at home when the parents noticed something was extremely wrong with their 2-year-old son. They performed CPR and resuscitated him. He was transported to OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois in Peoria where it was determined he had suffered sudden cardiac arrest and had a malignant heart condition known as Brugada syndrome. What is Brugada syndrome? Brugada syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that causes heart arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. “Most kids that go through that, unfortunately, don’t survive,” says Harma Turbendian, MD, a pediatric cardiac surgeon with OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois. “So, this was fast-acting parents who knew what they were doing, then EMS, followed by our team here in the ICU.” Meet the team The medical team at OSF Children’s Hospital who treated the toddler
A collection of Jeff Beck’s guitars was sold at auction Thursday, bringing in over $10 million, which is over eight times what they were expected to sell for.The auction took…
The mayor’s assessment follows a week of more negative grades from residents and aldermen frustrated by what one called an “absolute failure” of a response.
From Construction Dive: On his first day, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders to immediately carry out his agenda. Many — such as ending birthright citizenship — were greeted with mixed reactions, including pushback and legal challenges, AP News reported. But one executive action did not nab as many headlines. On Monday, Trump issued […]
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