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ISU to offer health coach certificate program

Iowa State University has introduced an interdisciplinary health coach certificate for students seeking to add to their credentials in health care fields. The certificate, available to students in any major, is offered by the departments …

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Insurers’ profits plummet in 2014 under Obamacare

New Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act programs and rules may have cut gross profit ratios at U.S. individual health insurance operations by more than 40 percent in 2014, LifeHealthPro reported.


The average gross operating profit…
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Mercy – Des Moines receives Consumer Choice Award

Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines was named a 2015/2016 Consumer Choice Award by National Research Corp. The annual award identifies hospitals across the United States that health care consumers choose as having the highest …

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Broadlawns breaks ground for expansion project

Broadlawns Medical Center on Wednesday hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new medical clinic building, residency housing and inpatient behavioral health remodel and expansion.

The 72,000-square-foot medical clinic building is being erected on the eastern…
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Harrisvaccines awarded $6 million for avian flu vaccine stockpile

Iowa-based vaccine producer Harrisvaccines today announced it has been awarded a contract to provide Avian Influenza H5 vaccine to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. This action is being taken …

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ARC Physical Therapy+ expands with Des Moines clinic

ARC Physical Therapy+ announced that it has opened its newest physical therapy clinic and first Iowa location at 550 S.W. Ninth St., Suite 4104 in Des Moines. The location is the 15th clinic for the …

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Event Jan. 30: John Stoddard Rally Against Cancer

The John Stoddard Rally Against Cancer annual fundraising event Jan. 30 will feature a special presentation by Jim Kelly, two-time cancer survivor, retired Buffalo Bills quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Famer. Over the past …

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Insurance commissioner: No change sought in small group definition

The definition of small groups for health insurance coverage in Iowa will remain the same under the current state law at 50 employers or fewer, following passage this week of federal legislation that overturned an …

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ClinicNote joins Square One DSM accelerator

Square One DSM has added ClinicNote to its accelerator program, giving the software company formed by three Iowa State University graduate students a chance to continue to work on basics. ClinicNote’s software tools help speech pathologists more…
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Code Switching

One of the biggest systemwide changes in the U.S. health care system in decades just occurred Oct. 1, but unless you’re a doctor, health system administrator or insurance professional, chances are good that you have …