Known as the Killer Clown, John Wayne Gacy was responsible for assaulting and murdering at least 33 boys and young men. The serial killer and sex offender performed regularly as a clown at children’s hospitals and charity events in Cook County, a metropolitan area of Chicago, earning him th...
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To accommodate the expansion, HCSC significantly increased its broad network, adding 19,000 physicians and 2,800 hospitals and other medical facilities across its five states. HCSC is in the process of seeking all necessary regulatory approvals in its targeted states for 2022. The Medicare Advantage...
Optum’s strategy broke from the industry convention of expanding “horizontally”—with hospitals acquiring hospitals and insurers acquiring insurers. UHG expanded “vertically” to seek more growth in part because years of horizontal acquisitions meant it had expanded into every insurance market it want...
He not only enjoys their production on the field, but he also appreciates how the players, especially quarterback Russell Wilson, help out the community and support helpful organizations, such as how Wilson visits local hospitals to brighten kids' days after surgeri...
In one series of studies, researchers instructed Chicago-area commuters using public transportation to strike up a conversation with someone near them. On average, participants who followed this instruction felt better than those who had been told to stand or sit in silence. The researchers also ar...
signaling a changing of the guard in philanthropy. they are likely to dominate the next 20 to 30 years of major giving, and they’re different from their predecessors. they’re less interested in giving huge donations to big institutions like universities a...
One day each month,we visited hospitals bringing a little happiness to the children there. But there were two rules placed on me during a visit. First, I could not go anywhere in the hospital without permission. And second, I could not physically touch anyone within the hospital. They did...
The 2021 St. Patrick's Day party at the Mississippi Valley Fair was really the first big party in the Quad Cities since the pandemic shut things down. It was such a success that the MVF is doing it again! Join us on March 11 and 12 for two days of free music, food, drinks and ...
Community Health Systems and three of its hospitals in New Mexico in February agreed to pay a $75 million settlement to the federal government over a whistleblower suit that claimed it illegally donated money between 2000 and 2011 to New Mexico counties in return for higher Medicaid payments to...