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Health and Wellness

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UnitedHealth CEO defends possible exit from Obamacare insurance exchanges

The CEO of UnitedHealth Group Inc. today defended the company’s possible exit from the Obamacare health insurance exchanges in 2017, citing losses on health plans he said were designed to succeed, Reuters reported.


CEO Stephen…
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Mercy to open new occupational health clinic

Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines will open a new facility for occupational health services on Dec. 1 at 1055 Jordan Creek Parkway in West Des Moines. Mercy Occupational Health will provide comprehensive services for …

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Mercy Cancer Center receives accreditation

The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons has granted three-year accreditation with commendation to the cancer program at Mercy Cancer Center. To earn voluntary accreditation, a cancer program must meet or exceed …

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Optimae LifeServices receives three-year accreditation

Optimae LifeServices has received a three-year accreditation from CARF International, an independent, nonprofit accrediting organization. The accreditation represents the highest level of recognition awarded to an organization and shows substantial conformance to Commission on Accreditation …

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Survey: One in four large employers at risk for ‘Cadillac’ tax

The good news from a new survey by Mercer is that average per-employee health benefit costs in the United States increased by just 3.8 percent in 2015, slightly less than in 2014 and the third…
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A Closer Look: Kevin Vermeer

Kevin Vermeer was named president and chief strategy officer of UnityPoint Health in March and will succeed CEO Bill Leaver upon his retirement in January 2016. Vermeer was named executive vice president and chief financial …

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Scribes catching on in Iowa

Emergency room doctors in Greater Des Moines have a new resource at their side to help them provide faster, more efficient patient care: medical scribes. 

Since July, each emergency department physician at Mercy Medical Center …

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UnityPoint Health, HealthPartners to launch new insurance company

West Des Moines-based health system UnityPoint Health and HealthPartners, a Minnesota-based nonprofit health maintenance organization, announced plans to launch a new insurance company next year that will offer Medicare Advantage plans in Iowa and Illinois …

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Iowa employers, hospitals showcase wellness best practices

The Iowa Hospital Association and Iowa Business Council have partnered to produce a new report designed to help businesses, health care providers and employees work better together to improve health and control health care costs.…
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Merck to buy Ames-based Harrisvaccines

Merck & Co. Inc.’s animal health unit will buy Ames-based privately held Harrisvaccines Inc. to expand its portfolio of animal vaccines as the U.S. livestock industry seeks new defenses against diseases, Reuters reported.


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