Iowa Health System news and information

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.
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BAGLEY, Minn.—Sanford Health took a step toward buying Clearwater Health Services of Clearwater County, Minn., by signing a letter of intent, according to a Sanford news release. The nonbinding agreement could lead to Sanford acquiring Clearwater's assets and leasing its properties.
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Methodist Health Services Corp., Peoria, Ill., officially joined the Iowa Health System as its eighth senior affiliate as planned.
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Officials with Iowa Health System have received the last government approval they needed to move forward with the planned merger with Methodist Health Services Corp., the parent company that runs 298-bed Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Ill.
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The parent company of 298-bed Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Ill., has received federal antitrust approval to merge with Des Moines-based Iowa Health System.
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Editor's note: The following is an edited excerpt of the transcript of an April 27 editorial webcast, “Why Benchmark the Revenue Cycle?” conducted by Modern Healthcare. The two panelists discussed what benchmarks are being used to measure revenue-cycle performance and what has...
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Another crop of prominent healthcare chief executives emerged last week to publicly snub Medicare's plans for accountable care.
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We have an expression here in our Chicago newsroom that says if it happens once, it's news, if it happens twice, it's a trend. If that's true, then journalistic excellence is a trend here at Modern Healthcare. (Actually it's been a trend for the past 35 years.) For the second consecutive...
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Attendees of healthcare conferences usually get up earlier and stay out later than they're used to (so we've heard), and then spend much of their days in dimly lit, windowless rooms listening to speakers read off their PowerPoint talking points. In this environment, a speaker with a genuine sense...
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PEORIA, Ill.—The parent company of 298-bed Methodist Medical Center in Peoria is in talks to join one of the largest health systems in the Midwest, Iowa Health System, Des Moines.
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