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Records missing at Iowa mental health facility
By Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) | June 27, 2013
Iowa Department of Human Services officials issued an alert Wednesday to former patients at the Mental Health Institute in Independence and hundreds of state employees there and at other state facilities concerning a possible breach of their confidential information.
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Iowa Right to Life seeks end to telemedicine abortions
By Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) | June 26, 2013
Abortion opponents are asking the Iowa Board of Medicine to make adjustments in state policy that will end medical abortions using telemedicine, according to a leader of the Iowa Right to Life organization.
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Cloud computing aids in reducing supply spend
By Gregg Blesch | June 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A burst of products and services are encouraging supply chain leaders to look to a centralized computer cloud.
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Reform Update: Medicaid expansion could occur in red states in coming weeks
By Jonathan Block | June 11, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The coming weeks are shaping up to be a big deal for states still on the fence regarding Medicaid expansion.
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Iowa officials move ahead with health plan
By Catherine Lucey / Associated Press | June 02, 2013
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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Reform Update: Hospitals in Iowa help break Medicaid expansion impasse
By Rich Daly | May 28, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Lawmakers credited for role in Iowa health deal
By Catherine Lucey / Associated Press | May 26, 2013
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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Iowa lawmakers have deal on low-income healthcare
By Catherine Lucey / Associated Press | May 23, 2013
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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Reform Update: Proponents of Medicaid expansion weigh next moves
By Rich Daly | May 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Mercy Medical Center names Ritz president and CEO
By Modern Healthcare staff | May 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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