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American Enterprise partners with SilversSneakers fitness program

Des Moines-based American Enterprise Group Inc. announced that its Medico Corp. Life Insurance Co. will offer SilverSneakers, a leading fitness program for seniors, to its Medicare Supplement policyholders in Iowa. Enrollment in the SilverSneakers program is automatic …
By BPC Staff | Jul 7, 2020
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Which Iowa hospitals advance equality? Civic leadership, value part of new rankings

Delivering high-quality care is not enough for hospitals to excel at serving and supporting their communities, according to a new nationwide study of hospitals. 

The new ranking of U.S. hospitals considers civic leadership and value …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jul 7, 2020
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NOTEBOOK: Fundraising for MercyOne Deming Cancer Center to resume in July

Within two weeks of MercyOne Central Iowa launching the public phase of a $16 million fundraising campaign for the MercyOne Richard Deming Cancer Center, the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically shifted everyone’s focus and the capital campaign …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jul 2, 2020
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UnityPoint Health to close maternity services at Iowa Lutheran

UnityPoint Health-Des Moines announced it will end maternity services on the Iowa Lutheran Hospital campus and consolidate those services with Iowa Methodist Medical Center and Methodist West Hospital. The consolidation of maternity services will enable …
By BPC Staff | Jul 1, 2020
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McGill Junge provides In the Bag lunches for 500 UnityPoint Health workers

McGill Junge Wealth Management in Urbandale, an affiliate of Northwestern Mutual, recently provided 500 lunches to health care workers at UnityPoint Health and Blank Children’s Hospital. The donated lunches from Des Moines caterer In the Bag …
By BPC Staff | Jun 30, 2020
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Grassley seeks to revive draft prescription drug pricing plan

If you’re on Sen. Chuck Grassley’s mailing list, you would have seen one of his “In case you missed it” items this weekend highlighting a New York Times article that details the stalled efforts by Congress and …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jun 29, 2020
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$7.1 million senior citizen center planned in Ankeny

The city of Ankeny and Polk County are working together to build a new senior community center at 250 N.W. Ash Drive in Ankeny. The two-story building will include a dining room, warming kitchen, exam/health …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jun 29, 2020
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MercyOne Cancer Center unveils next-generation CyberKnife

Physicians at MercyOne Des Moines Cancer Center today unveiled the center’s new CyberKnife S7 System, a significant advancement in treating tumors anywhere in the body. The new robotic and radiosurgery system — the only one …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jun 25, 2020
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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 …
By BPC Staff | Jun 24, 2020
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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 …
By BPC Staff | Jun 17, 2020