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Medica will keep selling Iowa health insurance next year, competing with Wellmark

Iowans who buy their own health insurance will have at least three choices of carriers next year — after nearly going without any options for 2018, reports the Des Moines Register. Medica, which is the sole …

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Pre-cut melon linked to salmonella was sold in Iowa

Des Moines Register: Iowa has been added to the list of states where recalled fresh-cut watermelon, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, and fresh-cut fruit medley products were sold. The pre-cut fruit, sold by Caito Foods, has led to …

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Iowa Medicaid director on privatization: ‘Regardless of methodology, there are savings’

Des Moines Register: Iowa’s Medicaid director offered a general explanation today of how his staff estimates taxpayers’ cost savings from having a privately managed Medicaid system, but he didn’t give details on why that estimate abruptly …

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ACAP Health partners with Regenexx for health plan clients

ACAP Health, a Dallas-based clinical wellness subsidiary of Holmes Murphy & Associates, has partnered with Regenexx, a Des Moines company that specializes in nonsurgical alternatives for treating orthopedic injuries, arthritis and other degenerative conditions. With …

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Pre-cut melon linked to salmonella was sold in Iowa

Des Moines Register: Iowa has been added to the list of states where recalled fresh-cut watermelon, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, and fresh-cut fruit medley products were sold. The pre-cut fruit, sold by Caito Foods, has led to …

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NOTEBOOK: When depression and entrepreneurship collide

Losing two powerful voices within a week — legendary designer and founder Kate Spade and advocate, storyteller and chef Anthony Bourdain — left our culture grappling, once again, with how we acknowledge and treat depression. …

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Mercy dedicates new 50-bed rehabilitation hospital in Clive

Officials from Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines and Kindred Healthcare today dedicated Iowa’s first free-standing rehabilitation hospital. The 50-bed, 58,000-square-foot facility, located just south of Mercy Clinics Urgent Care West in Clive, is a joint venture …

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UnityPoint names Stark as new CEO

David Stark has been named president and CEO of UnityPoint Health-Des Moines effective July 1. He succeeds Eric Crowell, who will retire after 17 years in UnityPoint leadership. Stark began working at UnityPoint Health–Des Moines in …

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UnityPoint Health adds Carthage, Ill., hospital as affiliate

Leaders from UnityPoint Health and Memorial Hospital, an 18-bed critical access hospital in Carthage, Ill., today announced a formal affiliation beginning July 1. The two organizations “will expand on their commitment to provide high quality, affordable health …

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Mercy launches multidisciplinary clinic for lung cancer patients

Lung cancer patients in Central Iowa now have access to a multidisciplinary clinic allowing them to receive comprehensive treatment and support faster and more conveniently. The Mercy Lung Cancer Clinic opened to patients on Tuesday …

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