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Illinois BIPA’s Healthcare Exemption Not Limited to Patient Information, Illinois Supreme Court Rules

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Healthcare workers’ alleged biometric information “collected, used, and stored to access medications and medical supplies for patient health care treatment” is excluded from coverage under section 10 of Illinois’ Biometric...more

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Hospital Charitable Tax Exemption Upheld by Illinois Appellate Court

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Last month, in the case Carle Foundation v. Dept. of Revenue, the Fourth District Court of Appeals issued its latest decision regarding hospital property tax exemptions. The Court upheld a trial court judgment awarding the...more

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Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act Is Coming for Hospitals, Long-Term Care Providers

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Hey hospitals, retirement homes and clinics! If you are using biometrics to control medication dispensing systems, then Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act then (BIPA) has news for you....more

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Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Hospital Property Tax Exemption Law

In the closely watched Oswald v. Beard case decided last Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of a 2012 law which grants a hospital charitable property tax exemption if the value of...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Finds Hospital Tax Exemption Constitutional

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Yesterday, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision in Oswald v. Hamer marking the latest chapter in a controversy dating to 2003. The decision finds that Section 15-86 of the Illinois Property Tax Code, which provides a...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Hospital Property Tax Exemptions

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Yesterday, the Illinois Supreme Court heard oral argument in Oswald v. Beard, a case challenging the constitutionality of the statute exempting most hospitals from paying any property taxes. ...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Grants Petition to Appeal Ruling on Constitutionality of Illinois Hospitals’ Property Tax Exemption Law

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Illinois hospitals continue to face uncertainty regarding the law under which they may seek exemption from property taxes. As reported in our March 30, 2017, Health Law Alert, the Illinois Supreme Court declined to rule on...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Constitutionality of Illinois Hospitals' Property Tax Exemption Law

There have been two new developments in the long running saga over a charitable property tax exemption for hospitals in Illinois....more

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IL Supreme Court Avoids Ruling on Constitutionality of Hospital Exemption

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The Illinois Supreme Court has issued an opinion in Carle Foundation v. Cunningham Township, the case involving the constitutionality of the statute granting hospitals a special property tax exemption. In remanding this case...more

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The Latest on Property Tax Exemptions for Illinois Hospitals

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Recently, there have been several noteworthy developments in the controversy surrounding property tax exemptions for Illinois hospitals. For the past decade we’ve been providing updates as this issue progressed through the...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Upholds "Willful and Wanton" Immunity Protection in Peer Review Cases

Background - Dr. Steven Valfer is a licensed OB-GYN who was a member of the medical staff at Evanston Northwestern Hospital ("Hospital") until March 16, 2005 when the Hospital's board of directors approved the...more

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A Recent Illinois Decision Explains How to Deal with Medical Staff Claims

The Illinois Supreme Court released a decision on May 19, 2016 that provides useful guidance in defending and protecting a claim by a medical staff member against a hospital for improperly failing to appoint or reappoint or...more

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Class Action Lawsuit Seeks Payments from All Illinois Hospitals for Unconstitutional Tax Exemption

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You can add one more lawsuit to the mountain of litigation concerning how and when Illinois hospitals are entitled to a property tax exemption. Earlier this month a limited partnership filed a class action lawsuit naming...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Rules Physician's Application File and Data Bank Report Information Discoverable in a Negligent...

Klaine v. Southern Illinois Hospital Services (2016 IL 118217) Background - The plaintiff filed a negligent credentialing medical malpractice lawsuit against a physician and two hospitals where he was a member of...more

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Credentials Materials Are Not Privileged Under the Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act

The Illinois Supreme Court recently held in Klaine v. Southern Illinois Hospital Services, 2016 IL. 118217 that a physician’s application for hospital privileges, which included information obtained from the National...more

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