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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
Iowa hospitals were key players in a last-minute “hybrid” deal to expand Medicaid, the second such legislatively approved deal in the country. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
As many state legislative sessions have finished or are nearing completion, advocates of expanding Medicaid eligibility are looking at their next steps. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare staff | May 02, 2013
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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. FULL STORY »
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