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UnityPoint at Home appoints chief clinical officer

Mag VanOosten

UnityPoint at Home, UnityPoint Health’s integrated home health provider, has appointed Mag VanOosten as chief clinical officer. VanOosten, a registered nurse, has spent the last 20 years in various leadership roles within the …
By BPC Staff | Jul 5, 2016
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UnityPoint at Home appoints chief clinical officer

Mag VanOosten

UnityPoint at Home, UnityPoint Health’s integrated home health provider, has appointed Mag VanOosten as chief clinical officer. VanOosten, a registered nurse, has spent the last 20 years in various leadership roles within the …
By BPC Staff | Jul 5, 2016
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Women’s health center receives $100,000 Prairie Meadows grant

Prairie Meadows has awarded a $100,000 Legacy Grant to Mercy Foundation for the construction of the Mercy Comfort Health Center for Women. The center will be located on the first level of the Mercy West …
By BPC Staff | Jul 5, 2016
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Valley View Village nears completion of $13 million expansion

Valley View Village announced it will complete its new $13 million health center this month on Des Moines’ east side. The 70,000-square-foot building at Valley View Village, 2571 Guthrie Ave., will offer private and semiprivate …
By BPC Staff | Jul 5, 2016
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Catholic Health Initiatives to exit health insurance market

Catholic Health Initiatives has decided to divest its health insurance business, according to recent financial documents posted by the company, Becker’s Hospital Review reported. Based in Englewood, Colo., CHI is the parent organization of Mercy Medical Center-Des…
By BPC Staff | Jul 1, 2016
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YMCA CEO outlines priorities

We recently checked in with Dave Schwartz, who on June 1 began his new role as CEO of the YMCA of Greater Des Moines. Schwartz, 60, had led the West Des Moines Chamber since 2014. …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jul 1, 2016
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Study: Long-term care costs increased in Iowa

Long-term care costs across many care settings in Iowa, including adult day services, assisted living and nursing facilities, have increased from 2015, according to Genworth’s 13th annual Cost of Care study.  


The largest jump…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jun 30, 2016
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Bishop Drumm to join CHI Living Communities

Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines and its parent organization, Catholic Health Initiatives, announced that Bishop Drumm Retirement Center in Johnston, a ministry of Mercy Medical Center, will join CHI Living Communities, effective July 1. Bishop Drumm, …
By BPC Staff | Jun 30, 2016
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146-residence senior community to open in Ankeny

Des Moines-based Hawkeye Estates will open a new senior care community called The Bridges at Ankeny in August. The 146-residence community, located at 3510 N.W. Abilene Road off of North 36th Street, will include a …
By BPC Staff | Jun 29, 2016
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Why Chet for the Y? A little nudge from Bill Knapp

Bill Knapp has not forgotten the land swap of 2012, an example of the heavy lifting that led to the downtown development boom and points directly to the Wellmark YMCA and an Olympic-sized pool that has…
By KENT DARR | Jun 28, 2016