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Leadership class completes House of Mercy home

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s Class of 2012 has completed its six-month project of planning and building a home for House of Mercy.

The Leadership Institute’s project was to construct a $180,000 home to …

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State’s ability to proceed with insurance exchange questioned

By Joe Gardyasz

A Des Moines legislator who led the effort to form a state health insurance exchange says the General Assembly’s failure to enact a bill means Iowa will be subject to a federally …

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Iowa insurers expected to pay more than $1.2 million in health-care rebates

Across the country, health insurance companies will pay an estimated $1.3 billion in rebates to their policyholders later this year, under a provision of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that penalizes health-care …

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$15,000 grant to provide hospitals with infant CPR training kits

The American Heart Association’s Central Iowa office has received a $15,000 charitable grant, which it will use to purchase 546 infant CPR training kits for Central Iowa hospitals to distribute to expecting parents. The grant …

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Initial Blue Zones demonstration cities chosen

Cedar Falls, Mason City, Spencer and Waterloo have been selected as the first four Blue Zones demonstration communities. Gov. Terry Branstad joined Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield CEO John Forsyth and other officials in …

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NEW INITIATIVE: Des Moines Age-Friendly City

The aging Baby Boomer generation has been called the “silver tsunami,” and Greater Des Moines is already riding the crest of that wave.

Less than two decades from now, it’s estimated that more than one-third …

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South Side health center receives federal grant for renovation

A Des Moines-based community health center has received a $499,178 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of funding aimed at improving community health centers across the country.

Primary Health …

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Botanical Center bike ride registration open

Registration is open for the Des Moines Botanical & Environmental Center’s Pedal to Petals bicycle ride on June 10. Participants can choose between 8.3-mile, 20.5-mile or 35-mile rides.

Registration is $30 in advance or $35 …

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Palmer to lead 2012 ALS Walk

Gary Palmer, president and CEO of Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino, will serve as the corporate chair of the 2012 Walk to Defeat ALS, announced the Iowa chapter of the ALS Association. Palmer succeeds Suku …

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A Closer Look: Jim Fitzpatrick

Before starting in this position April 2, FitzPatrick was president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa in Mason City, a position he held for the past 11 years. He assumed that leadership …