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University of Iowa hospital employees to take furloughs, pay cuts

Cedar Rapids Gazette: After about 4,000 University of Iowa Health Care workers rejected an administrative request that they surrender a negotiated pay raise for the upcoming year to help UIHC absorb tens of millions in COVID-19 …

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Iowa public health director to step down in July

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The director of the Iowa Department of Public Health said Tuesday he is retiring as the agency continues to head the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Gerd Clabaugh, 58, said he will …

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Iowa joins third lawsuit over generic drug price fixing

Corridor Business Journal: Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has joined a coalition of 51 attorneys general filing a third lawsuit alleging a widespread conspiracy by generic drug manufacturers to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition …

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MercyOne receives $1.9 million federal grant to develop rural residency program

MercyOne Central Iowa announced that it has received a $1.9 million federal grant that it will use to develop a rural residency program for family medicine physicians. The grant from the Health Resources & Services …

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New app provides non-insurance option for dentists, patients


Des Moines dentist John Campbell is gaining a number of patients who probably wouldn’t have sought dental care had it not been for a new dental network/payment app that’s gaining word-of-mouth traction in Iowa.

 Campbell, …

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Investing in health care technology partners

Matt Warrens can usually tell immediately how valuable a new technology application will be to health care workers when he talks directly with front-line clinicians. 

“You can just see from their expressions and how receptive …

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NOTEBOOK: DMACC Horticulture program donates hundreds of fundraiser plants to UnityPoint Health

UnityPoint health care workers have a little something extra to keep up spirits in between COVID-19 shifts, thanks to the donation of a horticulture program’s end-of-year project. 

At Des Moines Area Community College, students in …

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The Iowa Clinic announces new CEO

The Iowa Clinic announced today that its board of directors has named Ben Vallier as the next CEO of the physician-owned, multi-specialty clinic. Vallier succeeds Ed Brown, who helped found the clinic in 1994 and …

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Cedar Rapids marijuana manufacturer closes permanently

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Cedar Rapids’s sole medical marijuana manufacturer permanently has closed its doors, leaving the state with one medical cannabidiol manufacturer. Iowa Relief relinquished its license weeks after having ceased operations at its plant, state …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: But what would you do? Disease experts respond.

Sometimes when you face a tough decision about a health-related matter, you just want to ask an expert what they would do. Not what the latest statistics are, or the latest government or medical guidelines; …