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ISU to roll out master’s program for dietitians

A new master’s degree at Iowa State University will enable registered dietitians to earn their graduate degrees ahead of a national deadline to receive that credential. The new Master of Professional Practice in Dietetics degree program will …

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Phishing attack compromises information of 16,000 UnityPoint Health patients

About 16,000 UnityPoint Health patients could have had personal information compromised after a phishing attack in February, the Des Moines Register reports. In a letter to patients sent April 16, UnityPoint Health said that patient accounts …

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State receives $50.9 million tobacco settlement payment

Tobacco companies involved in a 1998 landmark settlement transferred about $50.9 million to Iowa’s treasury on Thursday, Attorney General Tom Miller’s office announced. In the last 20 years, Iowa has received more than $1.2 billion …

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Insurance commissioner allows extension of transitional health plans

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen today issued a bulletin to all health insurers that issue policies in the state to notify them that Iowa will allow the extension of transitional health insurance policies for individuals and small …

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Decker named executive director of Catholic Charities

Bishop Richard Pates has named Barbara Quijano Decker as the new executive director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Des Moines. Decker, who is currently president of Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des …

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Des Moines gets nod for clean air; Davenport’s worsens

The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report listed Des Moines and West Des Moines among cities with the cleanest air, based on smog levels. Those two cities, along with Ames, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, …

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UnitedHealthcare, Hy-Vee to offer mobile health fairs

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Iowa and Hy-Vee Inc. announced they will bring “Healthy You” health fairs to Hy-Vee store locations across Iowa. The mobile health fairs will make stops in Ottumwa, Sioux City, Davenport, Marshalltown, …

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Project Revoice gives voices back to ALS patients — digitally

The ALS Association on Thursday launched Project Revoice, an international initiative to help people with ALS (also known as motor neuron disease) record their voices so they still use their “voice” after they lose their …

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FDA approves first product for Coralville-based IDx

Corridor Business Journal: IDx, a University of Iowa spinout company based in Coralville, has received FDA approval to market IDx-DR, the  first medical device to use artificial intelligence to detect greater than a mild level of …

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Amerigroup Iowa once again is actively accepting Medicaid members’ applications

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Amerigroup Iowa once again is actively accepting Medicaid members as part of the state’s managed-care system. It is taking enrollees it previously had said it didn’t have capacity to include as well as …