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Applications open for Wellmark MATCH grants

The Wellmark Foundation is accepting proposals for its large Matching Assets to Community Health (MATCH) grants until midnight on Feb. 23. The large MATCH grants are for up to $100,000 and must be matched at …

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Pollard to keynote Healthiest State awards event

Jamie Pollard, director of athletics at Iowa State University, will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural Iowa Healthiest State Initiative awards event on Feb. 15. Pollard, whose son battled cancer four times and who …

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UnityPoint Health, Amerigroup reach Medicaid agreement

UnityPoint Health and Amerigroup Iowa, one of the two private companies managing Iowa’s Medicaid program, have agreed on a contract, the Quad-City Times reported. The agreement, announced late Friday, means that UnityPoint will continue to be part …

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Panel: Addressing mental health is in businesses’ best interest

Improving mental health care access should be a top workplace, economic development and legislative priority for Iowa, concluded a panel of experts assembled Wednesday by the Greater Des Moines Partnership. 

In Iowa, an estimated 1 …

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LCS donates $509K to Alzheimer’s Association

LCS has donated $509,115 to the Alzheimer’s Association. LCS had committed to raising $250,000. Donations by LCS Foundation and more than 130 senior living communities more than doubled that goal. This year, LCS will set …

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Bird named head of LCS rental division

Senior housing industry veteran Chris Bird will run LCS’ rental division beginning in February, the company reported. “Chris brings 22 years of senior housing experience in the rental and CCRC spaces, a strong foundation in marketing …

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Eyerly Ball, UnityPoint Health-Des Moines launch affiliation

A new partnership between two nonprofit health organizations aims to address the substantial need for better access to mental health care in Central Iowa.

Eyerly Ball Community Mental Health Services and UnityPoint Health-Des Moines announced …

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New Iowa Medicaid director open to changes in state program

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s new Medicaid head said he would not close the door to adding a fourth managed-care organization to the state’s program. But he made it clear he did not want the state to …

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Child and Family Policy Center names executive director

The Child and Family Policy Center has named Anne Discher to a permanent appointment as the organization’s executive director. Discher has worked at the center since 2010 and was named interim executive director in 2017. She previously …

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LifeServe Blood Center opens larger Urbandale location

LifeServe Blood Center is growing and has relocated its Urbandale Donor Center to a larger location at 10469 Hickman Road. The new center, which is two doors from its previous location, opened Dec. 20. “We …