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1.1.14 Health-Care Reform: How will health-care providers (and your care) be affected

Editor’s Note: Whether you agree with the law or not, health-care reform is coming. This is part three in a series exploring the effect of the reform on businesses, insurance companies and health-care providers.

Iowa’s …

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New census report shows more Iowans have health insurance

A new U.S. Census Bureau report announced today shows that the percentage of Iowans who lack health insurance declined from 12 percent of the state’s population in 2010 to 10 percent in 2011.

The information was …

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Hospital associations predict Medicare cuts will mean layoffs

The Iowa Hospital Association said Wednesday that  a new report shows that nearly 8,500 jobs in health care and related industries could be lost in Iowa in the next nine years because of federal reductions in Medicare…
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Seminar on reducing unplanned pregnancies Sept. 27

Iowa Initiative, a five-year program led by former Lt. Gov. Sally Pedersen aimed at finding ways to reduce unplanned pregnancies, will highlight its findings at a Sept.  27 seminar at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines …

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Flu shots to be offered at airport

Des Moines International Airport will once again offer flu shots for travelers and airport visitors. The shots will be administered by Wesley Community Services, airport officials announced. Beginning Oct. 10, Wesley Community Services staff will …

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Iowa Radiology upgrades to 3-D mammography scanners

Iowa Radiology P.C. has installed new state-of-the-art digital mammography technology at three of its Greater Des Moines clinics. The diagnostic tools will help doctors detect breast cancers at earlier stages and save more lives.

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Healthiest State Initiative to give update

Officials for the Healthiest State Initiative will give a progress update on Sept. 18.

Officials will release specific details on Iowa’s 2011 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index results and provide an update on the state’s Blue Zones …

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Iowa Health System contracts with Meridian

Iowa Health System has finalized an agreement with Meridian Health Plan that will enable Medicaid beneficiaries who are Meridian plan members to obtain healthcare services from Iowa Health hospitals and physicians across the state. The …

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1.1.14 Health-Care Reform

EDITOR’S NOTE:

Health-care reform. It’s daunting. It’s controversial. And no matter how you feel about the law, with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June, reform is coming. And when it does, it will have …

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What businesses need to know now to prepare for health reform

On Jan. 1, 2014, a host of new rules, mandates, taxes and incentives under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will go into effect, dramatically shifting the landscape of the employer-provided health insurance model …