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Waukee approves financial incentives for Iowa Clinic specialty, surgery center

Des Moines Register: The Iowa Clinic is looking to add a third Waukee location — and the city is offering nearly $1.7 million to make it happen. The physician-owned chain of clinics and urgent care centers …
By BPC Staff | Sep 9, 2022
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New Planned Parenthood CEO vows to ensure patients’ health care

Des Moines Register: The new chief executive officer of Iowa’s Planned Parenthood affiliate will not have an easy job — she’s taking the helm during the most tumultuous time for abortion access in decades. Ruth Richardson, …
By BPC Staff | Sep 8, 2022
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LifeServe Blood Center gains approval for new Johnston headquarters

Des Moines Register: LifeServe Blood Center’s move out of Des Moines and into the suburbs is one step closer to reality. The Johnston City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a site plan to relocate the nonprofit’s …
By BPC Staff | Sep 8, 2022
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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