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Audit: Privatized Medicaid is saving Iowa $126 million per year

Des Moines Register: After two years of releasing seesaw estimates, Iowa Medicaid leaders are correctly calculating how much the state is saving by having private companies manage the $5 billion Medicaid program, the state auditor concluded …
By BPC Staff | Nov 26, 2018
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Iowa Methodist adult critical care unit receives Beacon Award

The Adult Critical Care Unit at Iowa Methodist Medical Center has received a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence. The award, presented by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, recognizes caregivers who successfully improve patient …
By BPC Staff | Nov 21, 2018
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Mary Greeley Medical Center receives Baldrige recognition

Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames has been recognized for best practices related to patient and customer service by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program. Mary Greeley was recognized for “role model practices related to its …
By BPC Staff | Nov 21, 2018
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The doctor is (virtually) in

Accessing a primary care physician through your smartphone for common ailments like a sore throat, pinkeye or the flu is becoming easier in Iowa as more health systems and providers introduce telemedicine services. It’s also …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Nov 21, 2018
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Merck begins FDA submission process for NewLink’s Ebola vaccine

NewLink Genetics Corp. announced Thursday that Merck has begun the submission process that brings the companies a step closer to regulatory approval of NewLink’s Ebola vaccine. The FDA’s approval of the Ebola vaccine would trigger the issuance …
By BPC Staff | Nov 16, 2018
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Blank Children’s receives $50,000 grant to support pediatric cancer research

Blank Children’s Hospital has been awarded a $50,000 infrastructure grant that will support pediatric cancer research initiatives. Dr. Wendy Woods-Swafford, a pediatric hematologist/oncologist and medical director of Blank Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, received …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 14, 2018
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Mercy Health Network to expand rural telemedicine through federal grant

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By JOE GARDYASZ | Nov 14, 2018
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Mercy College has record fall applications, enrollment

Applications for admission to Mercy College of Health Sciences this fall reached a new record, and new student enrollment reached its second-highest level for any term in its history, the college announced. Applications for the …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 14, 2018
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UI receives ‘transformational’ biomedical engineering grant

The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has committed $12 million to fund research in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa College of Engineering, reports the Corridor Business Journal. The grant brings the …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 13, 2018
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Mercy to open occupational health clinic on East Side

Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines announced it will expand its occupational health services in Des Moines with the opening of a second location. The new clinic, at 2525 E. Euclid Ave., will open to patients Nov. …
By BPC Staff | Nov 9, 2018