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House votes to extend moratorium on Medicare physician reimbursement cuts

The U.S. House on Thursday voted 222-212 to pass a legislative package that would prevent the Medicare sequester and Pay-As-You-Go cuts slated to take effect early next year. If passed by the Senate, the package …

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Wellmark Foundation contributes $250,000 to Urban Dreams capital campaign for community center project

Urban Dreams has been awarded a $250,000 donation from the Wellmark Foundation to help purchase and renovate a building that will be more expansive than its current facility.

The Wellmark gift is part of a…
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Survey: 32% of employers say they’ll apply vaccine rules only if OSHA mandate upheld

Almost a third of U.S. companies say they will only impose a vaccine requirement for employees if President Joe Biden’s shot-or-test rules are upheld by the courts, indicating that corporate mandates won’t be widespread without …

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20 years of decline: Iowa’s dwindling birthing units

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Principal Global provides alternative credit financing for Versant Diagnostics

Principal Global Investors has become a key funding partner of Versant Diagnostics, a recently launched physician-led pathology group based in Chicago. Principal Global, through its direct lending business, Principal Alternative Credit, announced Monday it served …

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IHERF makes 60 health care education scholarships available

The Iowa Hospital Association, through its Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation (IHERF), will award 60 health care scholarships, the organization announced. The scholarships will include awards of up to $7,000 ($3,500 per year for …

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Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in Iowa, 9 other states

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against …

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Judge: Iowa Medicaid denial of gender affirmation surgery unlawful

Associated Press: An Iowa law that prohibits Medicaid coverage for gender confirmation surgeries for transgender residents violates state law and the state constitution, a judge ruled in a decision made public Monday. Judge William Kelly ordered …

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Poll: 52% of Iowans support state law guaranteeing exemptions to vaccine mandates

Des Moines Register: More than half of Iowans support a new state law saying employers who require COVID-19 vaccinations must allow exemptions for workers who cite religious or medical reasons, the latest Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa …

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A Closer Look: Dr. Sanjeeb Khatua

Dr. Sanjeeb Khatua keeps a mask on his desk that was 3D-printed during the frantic early weeks of the COVID pandemic. 

It’s a souvenir from when he was the health system incident commander at Edward-Elmhurst …