Iowa news and information

A burst of products and services are encouraging supply chain leaders to look to a centralized computer cloud.
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The coming weeks are shaping up to be a big deal for states still on the fence regarding Medicaid expansion.
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A legislative compromise has been struck on low-income healthcare, but now Iowa starts the complicated process of putting the plan in place.
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Iowa hospitals were key players in a last-minute “hybrid” deal to expand Medicaid, the second such legislatively approved deal in the country.
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After months of partisan bickering seemed to have stalled negotiations on how to provide low-income healthcare in Iowa, two no-nonsense lawmakers from northern Iowa are credited with figuring out a compromise.
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After staunchly opposing an expansion of Iowa's Medicaid program using federal funds, Gov. Terry Branstad has agreed to seek the funding for an alternate health plan for low-income residents.
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As many state legislative sessions have finished or are nearing completion, advocates of expanding Medicaid eligibility are looking at their next steps.
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Robert Ritz was named president of Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines (Iowa). Ritz, 51, is president and CEO of St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., which is operated by Springfield-based Hospital Sisters Health System.
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—The University of Missouri Health System recently opened a $190 million expansion to University Hospital. The 310,500-square-foot addition includes a 100,000-square-foot replacement for its Ellis Fischel Cancer Center on two of the towers' eight floors. The building has...
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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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