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Cook County employees to begin returning to offices next month; buildings expected to open to public July 6: Preckwinkle executive order

CCHHS exceeding CountyCare enrollment goal

Cook County Health and Hospitals System released new figures showing the system is exceeding enrollment goals for its CountyCare managed care program.

On Friday, CCHHS Executive Director of Managed Care Steven Glass presented a report to the health system’s board showing 179,393 patients had enrolled in CountyCare as of the beginning of this month, a 17.2 percent increase from the beginning of March. CCHHS had previously set a goal of reaching 156,396 CountyCare enrollees by the beginning of April.

Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey pushes anti-sweatshop ordinance

County hospital system CEO not worried about patient retention under Obamacare

Patients insured under the Cook County Health and Hospitals System’s CountyCare program will have the option to move to other managed care programs early next year, but CCHHS CEO Dr. John Jay Shannon said during a Tuesday City Club of Chicago event that he does not believe CountyCare enrollment will decline.

CCHHS committee advances $1.5B budget for 2015

More than 100,000 patients enrolled in Cook County Health and Hospitals System’s CountyCare program will have the option to join different health care programs next year, and system CEO Dr. John Jay Shannon on Friday said making the program more efficient is the key to patient retention.

Cook County health and hospitals survey shows patient dissatisfaction

A report released this Wednesday by the Cook County Health and Hospitals System shows strong patient dissatisfaction at the 10 county health clinics surveyed by Dr. Krishna Das, interim director of quality and patient safety for CCHHS.

The report faults clinics for long patient wait times, a convoluted appointment process, and a clinical environment that can sometimes treat patients as an “imposition” instead of a “valued person in need.”