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Mercy, Iowa Heart Center debut revolutionary heart valve

Iowa Heart Center and Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines recently completed their first implantations of a new minimally invasive heart valve system. Mercy Drs. Atul Chawla, David McAllister and Marnix Verhofste recently implanted in …

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DHS announces winning Medicaid managed care organizations

The Iowa Department of Human Services has issued a notice of intent to award contracts to four bidders for Gov. Terry Branstad’s Medicaid Modernization initiative. The bidders announced Monday are Amerigroup Iowa Inc., AmeriHealth Caritas …

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Healthiest State Walk scheduled Oct. 7

The Healthiest State Initiative hopes to engage Iowans through organized walks in all 99 counties as it announces its annual Healthiest State Walk to be held Oct. 7. “We want to see all Iowans incorporate …

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Mixify Tour truck to appear at Iowa State Fair

The Mixify Tour truck will bring a message of soft drink moderation to teens at the Iowa State Fair. The truck, which is ending a national tour with the stop in Iowa. The Mixify initiative, led by …

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Survey: Uninsured rate drops to 5 percent in Iowa

The percentage of Iowans without health insurance has been cut nearly in half in the past two years, according to new survey information released by Gallup. Just 5 percent of Iowans were uninsured in the…
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An age-friendly state of mind

If your business was evaluated for how well it accommodates customers of any age — but particularly seniors — how well would it do? 

It’s a question that the owners of several popular downtown bars …

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Survey shows physician support for Affordable Care Act

Results of a comprehensive survey by the American Association for Physician Leadership and Navigant Center for Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis indicate a majority of physician leaders nationwide support principles of the 2010 health care …

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NewLink Genetics’ Ebola vaccine effective in large African clinical trial

NewLink Genetics Corp. today announced that the international partnership studying the VSV-ZEBOV (Ebola) vaccine candidate in Guinea has released interim data suggesting that it is effective against Ebola in a large clinical trial. According to …

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Coalition fights ‘Cadillac tax’ on health plans

An alliance that includes the nation’s largest health insurers as well as a broad-based group of employers, unions and other stakeholders on Tuesday formally launched a campaign to overturn the “Cadillac tax,” a 40 percent …

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United Way launches free prescription discount program

Central Iowans with limited prescription benefits or no health insurance can pay less for prescription medications through a free program now offered through United Way of Central Iowa. The FamilyWize card, which is a free …