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UnityPoint Health, LifeServe partner for whole blood transfusions for trauma patients

UnityPoint Health-Iowa Methodist Medical Center, in partnership with LifeServe Blood Center, announced it has begun providing whole blood transfusions to severely injured patients. Iowa Methodist, the only Level 1 trauma center in Central Iowa, is …

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Will greater price transparency help lower health care costs?

As U.S. hospitals entered the new year amid the pandemic, hospital administrators who had their hands full with community COVID infection rates and plunging revenues also had a new federal price disclosure rule they were …

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Forty Under 40 Alumnus of the Year: David Stark

In 2001, David Stark was just getting settled in as the chief operating officer of Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines when he was recognized through a relatively new awards program launched in 2000 by …

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Navigate Wellbeing Solutions announces additional wellness partners

Navigate Wellbeing Solutions, a national employee engagement technology company based in West Des Moines, announced that it is expanding resources for its clients with the launch of its Ecosystem Partnership Program. The new program will …

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Iowa Total Care donates $10,000 to Broadlawns First Book Program

Iowa Total Care, a Medicaid managed care provider, has given $10,000 to the Broadlawns Medical Center Foundation to support the Broadlawns First Book Program, which ensures every child cared for at Broadlawns receives a new, …

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Increased premium tax credits available for ACA health plans effective April 1

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced recently that additional federal premium tax credits will be available to individuals buying their own health insurance directly through the Affordable Care Act’s online marketplace, healthcare.gov. The …

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Broadlawns board names Vilums as interim president and CEO

The board of directors of Broadlawns Medical Center recently named Karl Vilums as interim president and CEO. Vilums has been the chief financial officer of Broadlawns since January 2014. He will begin his interim duties on April …

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VA Central Iowa Health to hold virtual listening session this week

The VA Central Iowa Health Care System announced that it will hold a virtual listening session with stakeholders on Wednesday to hear veterans and the communities that the VA serves. It will be one of …

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Hy-Vee partners with 211 Iowa for vaccination clinic

Hy-Vee Inc. is partnering with the information system 211 Iowa to host a free community COVID-19 vaccination clinic for 3,500 Central Iowa residents in Des Moines. The first-dose clinic, to be held Saturday, April 3, …

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Ward elected chair of Broadlawns board of trustees

Attorney J. Marc Ward was recently elected chair of the board of trustees of Broadlawns Medical Center. He will serve a one-year term as chair of the seven-member board through January 2022. In that role, …