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CPS INKS DEAL WITH ONE OF THE ONLY PRIVATE PRACTICES WITH VACCINES: Innovative Express Care CEO Dr. Rahul Khare built a large-scale COVID-19 testing program early in the pandemic that has turned out to be quite lucrative. Now, as one of the only private practitioners in Chicago with access to coveted vaccines, he says he s inking a deal with Chicago Public Schools to inoculate tens of thousands of teachers and staff. Are we profiting from a pandemic? Yeah, I am. I have mixed feelings about that, says Khare, 46, who left Northwestern Medicine to launch his first clinic in 2015. READ MORE.
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WHAT A NEW HOUSE SPEAKER MEANS FOR HEALTH CARE IN ILLINOIS: Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch was elected the state s first Black Speaker of the House on Wednesday, ending Michael Madigan s decades-long vice grip on power.
Health care groups see the change in leadership as an opportunity to substantially address health inequity in the state. Welch was among the most vocal elected officials in 2019 when Westlake Hospital’s new owner announced plans to shutter the Melrose Park medical center. A member of the hospital s board of trustees, Welch said the move would limit access to health care for Black and Brown communities. Westlake’s controversial closure ultimately led to an Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act change that makes it easier for the state to limit a hospital s ability to close.