HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 - The Untold Story

A baby spent 36 days in an in-network NICU. Why did the hospital next door send a bill?

Brenna Kearney was seven months pregnant in December 2019 when she experienced what she thought were bad flu symptoms.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Chicago mom fought Lurie Children’s Hospital for 3 years to get overbilling for newborn reversed

Illinois law bars insurers from charging out-of-network rates for neonatal care at in-network hospitals. But that didn’t keep it from happening to Brenna Kearney and her husband Casey Trumble. Only a reporter’s questions got things fixed.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 31, 2023

A baby spent 36 days at an in-network hospital. Why did her parents get a huge bill?

A family had more than $12,000 in medical bills they couldn't explain after their baby was delivered early. It turns out the doctors who cared for her worked at a different, out-of-network hospital.

WEKU · Jan 30, 2023

Long COVID symptoms lasted a median of 15 months, study finds

CHICAGO — People with long COVID-19 who visited a Northwestern Medicine clinic were still experiencing symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, fatigue and brain fog for a median of 15 months after first falling ill, despite never needing hospitalization, according to a new Northwestern study.

Chicago Tribune · May 24, 2022

Northwestern performs rare double lung transplant on patient with terminal lung cancer

CHICAGO — Northwestern Medicine surgeons have successfully performed a double lung transplant on a man with terminal lung cancer, they announced Thursday — an extremely rare surgery that could open the door to helping more patients with certain types of cancer.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 24, 2022