Archive for January 2022
Iowa Hospital Association reacts to Supreme Court ruling on vaccine mandate
The leader of the Iowa Hospital Association said the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling to uphold a nationwide vaccine mandate for hospitals that provide Medicare and Medicaid services could create additional staffing issues for hospitals. …
Read MoreUrbandale Water Utility votes to join Des Moines in taking steps toward regionalization
Des Moines Register: Members of the Urbandale Water Utility voted unanimously Wednesday to join Des Moines in its decision to begin taking steps to create a regional water utility. The vote moves the process of regionalization …
Read MoreGrant applications open for new Health Careers Registered Apprenticeship Program
At least five communities will receive funding through a new Iowa Health Careers Registered Apprenticeship Program, which opened an application period for grants Wednesday. The program, announced Tuesday by Gov. Kim Reynolds in her Condition …
Read MoreIowa DOT approves more than $6.2 million for trail, infrastructure projects statewide
The Iowa Transportation Commission this week approved funding for projects to reduce transportation congestion and air pollution, for recreation trails and for National Scenic Byways, safe routes to schools and preservation of historic transportation facilities. …
Read More$1.7 billion settlement reached with student loan servicer Navient
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced today that Navient, one of the nation’s largest student loan servicers, will provide relief totaling $1.7 billion to resolve allegations of widespread unfair and deceptive student loan servicing practices and abuses …
Read MoreProvider groups at odds with regulators over arbitration rules for No Surprises Act
Although a new federal law means that Iowa patients should no longer receive surprise medical bills after an emergency room visit or hospital stay, health care provider groups and insurers are still wrangling at the …
Read MoreOn The Move: Week ending January 9
Derek Vannice
Wright Service Corp.
Named executive vice president and chief strategy officer, environmental services
dvannice@cnutility.com
Kyle McCann
Wright Service Corp.
Promoted to general counsel and vice president, legal services and risk …
Read MoreMarketing: Out of the ashes
Welcome back from our annual holiday hibernation! It’s about this time every year that organizations shake off the six weeks of family, fun, downtime and distractions and realize that they have to get back to …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Inflation
Inflation was a hot topic even before the consumer price index hit a 40-year high of 6.8% in November.
“The speed of inflation in moving from zero to almost 7 percent is shocking and unsettling,” …
Read MoreDrake University to start semester online as omicron cases climb
Des Moines Register: Drake University students will start the first two weeks of their spring semester remotely because of possible classroom disruptions from climbing COVID-19 cases. Drake’s first scheduled day of the semester for most students …
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