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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 …

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U.S. House passes ‘right to try’ legislation

Legislation that would allow terminally ill patients to get access to experimental drugs is headed to President Donald Trump, who has pledged to sign it, Iowa Public Radio reported. The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed …

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ONE GOOD READ: Firm needs workers so badly, it’s putting them through drug rehab

John Stroup, CEO of Belden Inc. in Indiana, had a problem. One out of 10 job applicants was failing a pre-employment drug test. He came up with a surprising idea: Pay for their treatment and…
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UI Health Care receives $500,000 grant to provide telepsychiatry services to seniors

Elderly residents in 29 long-term care facilities in Iowa will be treated for mental illness by University of Iowa Health Care geriatric mental health specialists via telemedicine, through funding from a $500,000 grant from the …

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Centene subsidiary wins Medicaid contract for Iowa

St. Louis-based Centene announced that its subsidiary, Iowa Total Care, has been tentatively awarded a contract for Iowa’s privately managed Medicaid program, bringing the total number of administrators in the state to three, the Corridor …