Health and Wellness

A changing labor market is diverting workers from jobs that offer health insurance toward nonstandard work arrangements that make finding affordable coverage difficult, a trend that contributes to job instability, according to a new report.…

Iowa Health System announced yesterday that it has completed its planned addition of Methodist Health Services Corp. (MHSC) in Peoria, Ill., as its eighth senior affiliate.

MHSC operates Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, a 329-bed …

Senior Senate Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley, along with committee chairman Max Baucus, released a report yesterday claiming that tactics used by major for-profit home health companies were used to game Medicare.

Baucus and Grassley …

The Science Center of Iowa (SCI) on Oct. 4 will feature a Café Scientifique presentation on “The Athletic Heart” by Des Moines University professor Julia Moffitt, who will speak on how the cardiovascular system performs during …

Just pull up and roll up a sleeve — the Polk County Health Department’s annual Drive-Thru Flu Clinic is returning to the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday, Oct. 1, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. …

Drake University will hold a roundtable discussion on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the future of the long-term care insurance market on Oct. 3, featuring Larry Zimpleman, chairman and CEO of Principal …

The National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has helped increase the number of young adults who have health …

Employers project that their group health-care plan costs will increase an average of 5.4 percent in 2012, a smaller increase than in recent years, Business Insurance reported.

A survey released yesterday by Mercer LLC showed …