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UI College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics recognized for service

The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics will be honored by the Iowa Primary Care Association for improving access to oral health services in the state of Iowa for more than 130 years, with …
By BPC Staff | Dec 17, 2015
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KemPharm seeks FDA approval for hydrocodone substitute drug

KemPharm Inc. today announced that it has submitted a new drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its abuse-resistant, immediate-release version of the painkiller hydrocodone. If priority review by the FDA is …
By BPC Staff | Dec 15, 2015
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Midlands Choice CEO to retire in March; new CEO named

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Midlands Choice, a regional preferred provider organization serving Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota, announced that its president and CEO, Thomas Press, will retire in March. The Omaha-based organization’s board has selected Greta Vaught, …
By BPC Staff | Dec 15, 2015
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Facebook challenge started to cover Jolly Holiday Lights losses due to flooding

  Watch this challenge video with Eric Crowell, Ed Brown and Bob Ritz. >>>   A power outage and flooding, which shut down the Jolly Holiday Lights tour for the rest of the season, created…
By ANNE CAROTHERS | Dec 15, 2015
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Momentum grows for overturning ‘Cadillac tax’

There is growing momentum in Congress for delaying the Affordable Care Act’s “Cadillac tax” and more evidence that the 40 percent tax on high-cost health insurance plans will hit a sizable number of businesses, the Washington …
By BPC Staff | Dec 11, 2015
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Insurer donates $350,000 for Methodist trauma center expansion

Professional Solutions Insurance Co. has promised to give $350,000 to support the expansion and renovation of the William C. Knapp Emergency Department and Trauma Center at Iowa Methodist Medical Center and Blank Children’s Hospital. The Clive-based insurer’s …
By BPC Staff | Dec 9, 2015
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U.S. health care jobs to grow most in next decade

Health care occupations and industries are expected to have the fastest employment growth and to add the most jobs between 2014 and 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. More people in the …
By BPC Staff | Dec 8, 2015
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Capital Orthopaedics hires Smith as operations VP

Capital Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine P.C. has hired Ryan Smith as vice president of operations, effective in January. Smith is currently a hospital administrator and regional operations administrator with Mayo Clinic Health System, where he…
By BPC Staff | Dec 8, 2015
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Medicaid to maintain provider pay for 3 months

Iowa health care providers will continue to be paid fully for treating Medicaid patients for the first three months of 2016, whether or not they have signed contracts with new managed care companies, Gov. Terry …
By BPC Staff | Dec 8, 2015
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Three large health systems sign on to Iowa Medicaid plan

Three of Iowa’s biggest hospital-and-clinic systems have signed contracts to provide care to patients who will be enrolled in new Medicaid managed-care programs, Gov. Terry Branstad’s office announced Thursday. UnityPoint Health, the University of Iowa …
By BPC Staff | Dec 4, 2015
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