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Iowa ranks fifth in the nation for the overall well-being of residents who are 55 and older, according to a Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index report released today. Nationally, older Americans have higher well-being compared with younger …
Janice Lane had overseen Children & Families of Iowa’s 18 programs for eight years as chief operating officer, so it was a natural transition when the agency’s board and foundation trustees selected her to succeed …
Interesting thing about front porches — many of our homes aren’t designed with them anymore because we’ve moved to our back decks or patios. When front porches went away, so did a lot of beneficial …
Rick Kozin, director for Polk County Health Department gave this speech to the Tomorrow Plan board in April. The speech argues that all policy is health policy, be it transportation, employment, housing or …
The Healthiest State Initiative recently launched a free online training program designed to help Iowa businesses develop better relationships between supervisors and workers and to improve engagement and retention of employees.
The TEAM (Teaching Employees …
A new medical clinic is being constructed at the Story County Medical Center in Nevada to help consolidate services to its main campus.
The $24 million project will receive approximately $22.3 million in USDA …
Small-business groups are warning their members about an Internal Revenue Service rule that took effect July 1 that imposes heavy fines on small businesses that make payments to their workers to defray the cost of …
Health insurers found out Tuesday how much cash they’ll get and how much they’ll have to pay to other insurers as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2014 reinsurance and risk-adjustment payments …
Following months of study and discussion on the benefits of combining health care operations, Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines has completed its previously announced acquisition of Skiff Medical Center in Newton. Effective today, Skiff is a fully owned …
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