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Oak Street Health announces plans to enter four new states, including Iowa

Oak Street Health has announced its plans to expand into four new states. The centers will be opened in Little Rock, Ark.; Des Moines and Davenport, Iowa; Kansas City, Kan.; and Richmond, Va., starting this …

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Delta Dental leader accepts new job as president, CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska

Jeff Russell

Delta Dental of Iowa announced today that its president and CEO, Jeff Russell, is leaving after he accepted a new job as president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska.…

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Mercy College names new provost, vice president of academic affairs

Mercy College of Health Sciences announced the appointment of Timothy G. Laurent as the Des Moines institution’s provost and vice president of academic affairs. Following a national search led by Hyatt-Fennell Executive Search, a higher …

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Des Moines physician named president of national society

Dr. Eric A. Barp

Dr. Eric A. Barp, a foot and ankle surgeon based in Des Moines, has assumed the role of the 72nd president of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, an …

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IHCA Foundation receives $100K for new nursing scholarship endowment

The Iowa Health Care Association Foundation has received a $100,000 donation from the John R. and Zelda Z. Grubb Charitable Foundation to establish a registered nurse scholarship endowment. This is the first scholarship endowment received …

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Delta Dental of Iowa, foundation announce annual donations

Delta Dental of Iowa and the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation in 2022 provided $3.9 million to 279 organizations to address oral and overall health needs, the groups announced. The past year marked 20 years …

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Mercy College of Health Sciences raises record $1.2M

A newly established donor recognition program, the 1899 Society, will recognize those who helped raise a record $1.2 million to advance Mercy College of Health Sciences’ mission of transforming students into successful health care professionals, …

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State awards $13.5M in second round of health care apprenticeship grants

Iowa’s Health Careers Registered Apprenticeship Program has awarded $13.5 million to 21 registered apprenticeship programs.

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced in her Condition of the State address in January a second $15 million round of funding for the …

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Mental health awareness event geared toward Black Iowans to be held on May 6

As part of its Make It OK campaign, the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative, together with Black community leaders, is hosting an event to help raise awareness of mental health in the Black community. The Back …

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UI’s ‘Mini Medical School’ program comes to Des Moines

The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine’s “Mini Medical School” program will hold an event open to the public in Des Moines on Tuesday, April 11, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

The program is …

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