Iowa Health System news and information

Someone gained unauthorized access to records of up to 1,800 people who were patients at UnityPoint Health hospitals, the company said today. West Des Moines-based UnityPoint, which used to be called Iowa Health System, operates hospitals and clinics throughout Iowa and in parts of Illinois.
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Hundreds of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally have been repatriated not by the federal government trying to enforce laws but by hospitals seeking to curb high costs.
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Catholic Health Initiatives, the nation's second-largest Catholic health system, will invest as much as $200 million through a newly created venture capital group.
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The Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund, a private equity fund initially financed by five U.S. health systems, has added four new corporate investors and backed two companies in its first 18 months.
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Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines (Iowa) and insurer Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced an accountable care organization, launched last month, with 20,000 enrollees.
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Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa and Iowa Health System, both of Des Moines, announced they will form an accountable care organization.
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Iowa Health System, Des Moines, has named Michael Murphy president and CEO of the system's accountable care organization, effective in mid-May.
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Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch talks with Dr. Alan Kaplan, senior vice president and chief medical officer of Iowa Health System, about physician-hospital alignment and creating an integrated team that can work to reduce healthcare costs and promote coordinated care.
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Iowa Health System has reorganized its financial team, shifting Katie Marchik to vice president of treasury and naming Mark Johnson to the newly created post of vice president of supply management.
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Iowa Health System, Des Moines, announced plans to pursue an affiliation agreement and acquire a 130-physician multispecialty group just over the state line in Illinois. Iowa Health officials have signed a letter of intent to affiliate with Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group, which has expertise in 27...
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