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Health and Wellness

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Rund named clinical director for Optimae Behavioral Health

Optimae LifeServices Inc. has hired Edward Rund to lead its behavioral health program in Central Iowa. Rund brings nearly 40 years of experience in health and human services to the position. Before joining Optimae Behavioral Health, he …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Health care’s appetite consuming state, local budgets

Health care spending, already one of the heftiest budget categories for most state and local governments, is going to take an increasingly bigger slice of the pie in coming years. Ultimately, that could be devastating …

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House of Mercy raises over $356,000 with Game Show Gala

Mercy Foundation announced a record-breaking year for the 2018 House of Mercy Game Show Gala. The ninth annual event raised $356,888 — a 22 percent increase over last year’s event — thanks to the generosity …

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Lifespace Communities makes strategic HR hire for additional growth

Lifespace Communities, which operates senior living centers, has hired Terese Juntz as senior vice president of people and administration. She will join the organization in its West Des Moines headquarters on June 25. She brings more than …

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A chat with NASA’s chief medical officer

I spent a fascinating hour recently with Dr. J.D. Polk, former dean of Des Moines University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, who in October 2016 returned to work for NASA to become the space agency’s chief …

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Administration finalizes rule expanding access to association health plans

The U.S. Department of Labor today released its final rule as part of the Trump administration’s broader actions to give people more health insurance options, the Washington Examiner reported. Beginning this fall, small businesses and individual workers …

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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 …