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Mercy Medical Center expansion to take out apartments

Mercy Medical Center plans to demolish the Mercy Park apartment complex at its Des Moines hospital campus to make room for more inpatient facilities, DesMoinesRegister.com reported.  More than 200 residents will be displaced. Mercy officials say residents …
By BPC Staff | Nov 12, 2015
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Hospitals sue state over Medicaid modernization mandate

The Iowa Hospital Association and leaders of 11 hospitals are suing the state over the privatization of Iowa’s Medicaid system, saying the move would illegally take money from a trust fund to which they contribute, The…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 11, 2015
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Wellmark Foundation awards Community Kickstarter wellness grants

A group of first-year students at Drake University has received a $10,000 grant to implement a plan that will make the campus more bicycle-friendly. The project is one of 32 Community Kickstarter grant recipients from the Wellmark …
By BPC Staff | Nov 10, 2015
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Branstad denies request to delay Medicaid penalties

Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday cast aside Democratic senators’ request to delay penalties for hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare providers who miss a deadline to sign contracts with private companies set to manage the …
By BPC Staff | Nov 9, 2015
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Report: Iowa will see sharp increases in Medicaid spending for Alzheimer’s patients

A new report from the Alzheimer’s Association estimates that Medicaid spending for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias will increase by 33 percent in Iowa in the next 10 years.


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By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 9, 2015
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Iowa Senate Democrats want to delay state Medicaid privatization

Three Democratic legislative leaders are urging the Branstad administration to extend the deadline for health care providers to sign contracts with private Medicaid Managed Care Organizations. Providers have told lawmakers they are being pressured to …
By BPC Staff | Nov 9, 2015
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Study: Workers fear rising price of health insurance

Two-thirds of U.S. workers report satisfaction with the health coverage currently available to them, yet concern about the future affordability of those benefits is rising dramatically, according to a new survey by Mercer.


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By BPC Staff | Nov 6, 2015
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Mercy receives $8.5M gift for women’s health center

Artist’s rendering of Mercy Comfort Women’s Center
 

Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines announced today that it will establish a comprehensive women’s health center in Clive, made possible by a lead gift of $8.5 …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 5, 2015
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Report: U.S. health care usage down; but costs up 3.4 percent in 2014

Spending on health care by employer-sponsored insurance plans increased 3.4 percent, despite a trend toward lower usage of health care services by employees, according to a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute.


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By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 30, 2015
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Mercy opens quick-care clinic at Mills Civic Hy-Vee

Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines and Hy-Vee Inc. have opened a Mercy Quick Care Clinic at the Mills Civic Parkway Hy-Vee store at 555 S. 51st St. in West Des Moines. The new clinic …
By BPC Staff | Oct 29, 2015