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Wellmark Foundation seeks MATCH grant applications?

The Wellmark Foundation is accepting proposals for its Matching Assets to Community Health (MATCH) small grants until midnight Friday. The small MATCH grants are for up to $25,000 and must be matched at 50 percent. …

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Priming the pipeline of Iowa psychiatrists

During Dr. Larry Severidt’s 24 years of practicing family medicine in Manchester and Pella, neither Delaware nor Marion counties had even a single psychiatrist practicing there. Sadly, rural physicians in about two-thirds of Iowa counties …

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Mercy College lands $1.79M federal grant

Mercy College of Health Sciences will receive a $1.79 million federal grant over four years to help pay for the new  the Community Advocacy Registered Nurse Education (CARE) project at Mercy College. The CARE project …

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Coalition of state AGs expresses concerns over delay on nursing home reforms

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in condemning federal actions that would delay the enforcement of protections for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries who receive care in skilled nursing …

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Broadlawns to open psychiatric urgent care center

Broadlawns Medical Center announced today that it will expand its mental health services by opening a psychiatric urgent care center at its Des Moines campus at 1801 Hickman Road, effective June 4. Services at the …

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A Closer Look: Jean Shelton

Jean Shelton began work as executive director and CEO of On With Life in November 2017, succeeding Julie Fidler Dixon on her retirement. Shelton was most recently CEO of Iowa Digestive Disease Center, and previously …

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Keller named chief medical officer of Mercy

Charles Keller is the new chief medical officer of Mercy Medical Center, a position he has held on an interim basis since October, Mercy announced in a news release today. He will oversee clinical operations …

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Reynolds dismisses call for Medicaid review as politics

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday defended her administration’s efforts to contain costs while maintaining health services under privately managed Medicaid, dismissing as just political a Democratic senator’s call for a state auditor’s analysis …

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UI Health Care names new CFO

Bradley Haws, CEO of the University of Virginia Physicians Group, has been named associate vice president and chief financial officer for University of Iowa Health Care. He will begin Aug. 20. Haws succeeds Douglas True, …

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Anderson named AARP state director

Iowa political operative and nonprofit director Brad Anderson has been named state director for AARP, replacing Kent Sovern, who is retiring after seven years in the position. Anderson will supervise a staff of four and a 14-member …