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Health and Wellness

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Wellmark rolls out new individual plans

Wellmark rolls out new individual plans  Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa announced yesterday it has extended its Blue Advantage health maintenance organization (HMO) plans, previously offered only to groups, to the individual market in Iowa.…
By BPC Staff | Mar 13, 2012
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Alliance warns against state elimination of anti-tobacco funding

Alliance warns against state elimination of anti-tobacco funding The proposed elimination of all state funding for tobacco cessation and prevention programs amounts to “unilaterally disarming” Iowa’s youth smoking prevention efforts, according to the Iowa Tobacco…
By BPC Staff | Mar 8, 2012
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Cancer Society begins recruiting for major national study

Cancer Society begins recruiting for major national study   By Joe Gardyasz joegardyasz@bpcdm.com   For anyone who has ever wished there was more they could do in the fight against cancer, the American Cancer Society…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Mar 7, 2012
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Kemin Industries completes acquisition of animal supplement company

Kemin Industries completes acquisition of animal supplement company Kemin Industries Inc. completed its acquisition of Genesis Ltd., a companion animal supplement company and maker of the brand RESOURCES,  health supplements marketed to veterinarians. Kemin, a…
By BPC Staff | Mar 6, 2012
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Meredith’s wellness program featured in WELCOA case study

Meredith’s wellness program featured in WELCOA case study When Steve Lacy became the CEO of Meredith Corp. in 2006, the company’s health-care premiums had increased by 18.5 percent in the previous two years. In a…
By BPC Staff | Mar 1, 2012
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Stoddard Cancer Center recognized for website content

A study published in the latest edition of the Journal of Healthcare Management recognized John Stoddard Cancer Center as one of the best health-care facilities for website content. Stoddard ranked seventh out of more than …
By BPC Staff | Feb 29, 2012
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Iowa Health System joins national supply chain network

Iowa Health System joins national supply chain network Des Moines-based Iowa Health System (IHS) has joined VHA Inc., a national supply-chain and quality improvement network of hospitals based in Irving, Texas. Joining VHA gives IHS…
By BPC Staff | Feb 29, 2012
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Wellness Challenge registration ends at midnight

Wellness Challenge registration ends at midnight Live Healthy Iowa’s 100 Day Wellness Challenge will close registration at midnight tonight. With 68 days left in the challenge, 33,492 Iowans are currently registered and recording their activity…
By BPC Staff | Feb 29, 2012
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Iowa Health System CEO gets national recognition

Bill Leaver, president and CEO of Iowa Health System, made it onto The Becker’s Hospital Review list of “100 Non-Profit Hospital, Health System CEOs to Know.”

Leaver was the only Iowa-based CEO among the top …
By BPC Staff | Feb 28, 2012
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Iowa moves up in national well-being index

Iowa now ranks as the 16th-healthiest state in the nation, according to new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index results released this morning. The rating moves Iowa up three places from its 2010 ranking as the 19th-healthiest state. …
By BPC Staff | Feb 27, 2012
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