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Health and Wellness

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A Closer Look: Adreain Henry

Adreain Henry earned the title of doctor through a highly competitive U.S. Army scholarship for optometry school, overcoming the disadvantages of growing up in a single-parent family in a small rural Southern town in coastal …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Sep 7, 2022
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WesleyLife names Frank executive director of Indianola community

Heather Frank, previously interim executive director at the Village, a WesleyLife community in Indianola, has been named executive director of the Indianola campus, effective immediately. Her tenure with Johnston-based WesleyLife is long and broad. She …
By BPC Staff | Sep 6, 2022
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Iowa’s largest gathering of hospital leaders set for Oct. 4-5 in Des Moines

Hospital leaders will gather to share, learn and celebrate at the 2022 Iowa Hospital Association Annual Meeting scheduled Oct. 4-5 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center in Des Moines. The annual meeting will …
By BPC Staff | Sep 6, 2022
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Trinity Health completes acquisition of MercyOne

Trinity Health, one of the largest not-for-profit Catholic health systems, announced Thursday that its agreement to fully acquire MercyOne is completed, and the Clive-based health system is now a full member of Trinity Health, based …
By BPC Staff | Sep 2, 2022
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ChildServe to celebrate groundbreaking for Ames expansion on Sept. 7

ChildServe will mark the beginning of a new chapter as it breaks ground on Sept. 7 for a $9 million expansion project to double the size of its Ames campus. Since opening an Ames facility …
By BPC Staff | Sep 1, 2022
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Travel up, COVID precautions down as holiday weekend approaches

Axios Des Moines: Most Americans are not taking extra steps to avoid COVID-19 before they go on vacation, according to an Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index taken a few weeks ago. The perception of personal risk has fallen to the …
By BPC Staff | Sep 1, 2022
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Primary Health Care receives $50K clinical training grant from Aetna

Primary Health Care Inc., a Des Moines-based nonprofit community health center that operates nine locations in Central Iowa, announced it has received a $50,000 donation from Aetna Medicaid Administrators LLC. The donation will help support …
By BPC Staff | Aug 31, 2022
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Iowa Medicaid to add Molina Healthcare of Iowa as third MCO

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced the intent to award Medicaid managed care contracts to Amerigroup Iowa and Molina Healthcare of Iowa. Iowa Total Care, which with Amerigroup Iowa has held the Medicaid …
By BPC Staff | Aug 31, 2022
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Remote Area Medical pop-up clinic for Des Moines canceled

Remote Area Medical, a Tennessee-based nonprofit, announced that it has canceled its planned free dental, vision and medical clinic that was scheduled for Des Moines on Sept. 10-11. The two-day clinic was being hosted by …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Aug 29, 2022
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The Beacon achieves National Alliance for Recovery Residences accreditation

The Beacon, a women’s recovery house in Des Moines, has become accredited by the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, which has 2,500 certified recovery houses across the nation. NARR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Aug 29, 2022