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Report: Medicaid spending up 10 percent

Report: Medicaid spending up 10 percent Spending by the states on Medicaid, a government-financed health-care program for the poor, soared last year and will likely continue growing despite measures to contain costs, according to a…
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Iowa-based home-health providers merge

Iowa-based home-health providers merge HCI Care Services and Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa (VNS of Iowa) have announced they will merge to form a larger, unified nonprofit organization. HCI Care Services, formerly Hospice of Central…
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The Power Nine: Can these lifestyle habits of the Blue Zones help you to live longer?


In 2004, author Dan Buettner teamed up with National Geographic and hired the world’s best longevity researchers to identify pockets around the world where people lived measurably longer. In these “Blue Zones” (Loma Linda, Calif.; …

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Facing stress


Feeling stressed at work? You’re not alone.

About seven out of 10 respondents in a recent Business Record survey said they feel more stressed than they did a year ago. And a national barometer of …

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How will accountable care organizations unfold?

EDITOR’S NOTE: This archived story originally ran in the Business Record on Dec. 2, 2011

Accountable care organizations, one of the lesser-known pieces of health-care reform, are about to make their debut.

The new medical …

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Iowa to accept $7 million health-care overhaul grant

Iowa to accept $7 million health-care overhaul grant Gov. Terry Branstad said Tuesday he will allow the state to accept a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to assist…
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Foundation set to deliver pork loins to Iowans

Foundation set to deliver pork loins to Iowans The Deb and Jeff Hansen/Iowa Select Farms Foundation is delivering 110,000 pounds of boneless pork loins to local community organizations, food shelves, pantries and food banks across…
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Nurses association: Court ruling on fluoroscopy a ‘setback’ for rural patients in Iowa


A recent ruling by a Polk County district judge prohibits advanced registered nurse practitioners (ARNPs) in Iowa from supervising diagnostic procedures that involve the use of real-time X-ray images, or fluoroscopy.

On Oct. 31, Judge …

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Iowa Health program selected to participate in national education initiative

A national initiative aimed to improve patient care through medical education has selected the medical education program at Iowa Health – Des Moines to participate. The Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers (AIAMC), a national …

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Health-care opinion expected during height of presidential campaign

The U.S. Supreme Court said today it will hear challenges to President Barack Obama’s landmark health-care law, setting the stage for the high court’s ruling on the president’s signature accomplishment in the thick of election …