IHA advocacy team weekly round up. The comment period is open for the psychiatric intensive care reimbursement rate. The IHA advocacy team attended Iowa Health and Human Services work group meetings where the reimbursement rate was set.

IHA releases latest hospital data trends. IHA had collected data trends from 100 hospitals for January-August 2022 as compared with the same time frame in 2021:

Interim CEO named for Ottumwa Regional Health Center. William Keifer was appointed interim CEO of Ottumw.

Thank you to the 2022 Iowa Hospital Heroes. IHA and Iowa hospitals are grateful to our hospital staff who ensure hospitals provide quality care every day.

Registration still open for IHC Patient Safety Conference. The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative's Patient Safety Conference highlights best practices and innovations for health care quality improvement and patient safety. Conference presenters will share patient safety tips that directly affect outcomes in patient safety and equity.

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