With a donation of hundreds of books from local non-profit Books from Brek, Healthy Beginnings continues its mission to foster early childhood success for families in the program.

Community

05/22/2025

Health Alliance and FirstCarolinaCare to exit Medicare Advantage market after 2025

After a comprehensive strategic and financial analysis and that Health Alliance and FirstCarolinaCare will exit all lines of business—including Medicare Advantage—by Dec. 31, 2025.

Community

02/25/2025

Regional individual and group insurance plans discontinuing in 2026

As of Jan. 1, 2026, subsidiaries Health Alliance and FirstCarolinaCare will cease operating all lines of business except Medicare Advantage. Throughout the remainder of 2025, the health plans will maintain operations to support claims processing and meet ongoing business needs, regulatory mandates and contractual obligations. 

Community

10/28/2024

Lung cancer screening, robotic-assisted bronchoscopy help a patient move swiftly through care

By the time a patient notices symptoms of lung cancer, it has already developed to later stages. Once a low-dose CT scan detects a nodule in the lung, Carle Health Methodist offers a less invasive biopsy for the patient. No-cost screenings are available Nov. 9 in Peoria and Pekin.

Community

04/18/2024

Methodist College names Dr. Kayla Banks as Chancellor

Methodist College is pleased to announce Kayla Banks, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, as its Chancellor, effective April 15, 2024.

Community

10/27/2023

Is it cancer or not? Clinic in Peoria provides quick results and supportive treatment

Team provides wraparound support, calm to patients referred to this Greater Peoria clinic by their primary care doctors.

Community

10/03/2023

Carle Health Presents: Health and Wellness Expo for Seniors

The Health and Wellness Expo is designed to empower individuals age 64 and older to work through questions about the upcoming enrollment period with community resources and speakers.

Community

07/27/2023

Off to a good start: Healthy Beginnings early childhood ambassadors boost the next generation

Whether it is advice on finding day care, finding a job or monthly budgeting, Healthy Beginnings early childhood community ambassadors work with home visiting nurses to help moms support their child’s earliest years.

Community

06/22/2023

A new community garden is now open at Carle at The Riverfront

A ribbon-cutting event was held June 20 at The Riverfront campus to officially open the new community garden which aims to support food insecurity initiatives across Vermilion County.

Community

11/01/2022

Carle, UnityPoint Health, UnityPoint Health–Central Illinois sign strategic affiliation agreement

Carle Health (Carle) is poised to expand access to services, programs and resources and create new innovative opportunities for patients in the Peoria area through a strategic affiliation agreement with UnityPoint Health® – Central Illinois and UnityPoint Health®.

Community

10/27/2022

Carle encourages parents to get kids boosted at Nov. 5 pop-up clinics

Carle Health is offering two pop-up bivalent COVID-19 booster clinics for all eligible children ages five to 18 on Saturday, November 5 at two of its pediatric office locations in the Champaign-Urbana area.

Community

10/19/2022

Physicians seeing more cases of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in atypical patients

In typical patients, cases of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease occur around the age of 70, but in recent years, the patient population most impacted by this disease is changing.

Community

03/29/2022

Honoring women leading all 5 Carle hospitals during Women's History Month

All five hospitals in the Carle system are led by women, this Women’s History Month we look at the contribution these exceptional leaders offer to the organization.

Community

10/22/2021

Carle offers tips and tricks for a safe, fang-tastic Halloween

Health officials at Carle are offering helpful tips to keep trick-or-treaters safe as Halloween makes a more normal return in 2021.

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