Feb 15

NewsStand, Feb. 16, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| NewsStand Archive

Iowa news Breaking down the 80-page bill overhauling Iowa’s mental health system Gov. Kim Reynolds’ plan to overhaul Iowa’s “fractured” mental health and disability service systems is advancing at the Iowa Capitol. The 80-page bill, introduced to the legislature last week, lays out the governor’s plan to reshape mental health

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Feb 12

NewsStand, Feb. 13, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| NewsStand Archive

Iowa news Analysis shows Iowa ED wait times are fourth-lowest CMS data shows patients in Iowa had the fourth lowest median time spent in emergency departments. Washington, D.C., patients had the longest time, while North Dakota had the shortest. The agency’s “Timely and Effective Care” dataset tracks patients’ average time

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Feb 09

NewsStand, Feb. 9, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| NewsStand Archive

Iowa news Iowa Methodist Medical Center receives $1 million endowment for director position P. Sue Beckwith, M.D., a colorectal surgeon and the first female graduate of the Iowa Methodist Surgery Residency Program, has made a $1 million commitment to endow the director position of the general surgery residency program at

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Feb 05

NewsStand, Feb. 6, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| NewsStand Archive

Iowa news Oakland, Iowa designated a physician shortage area for over 45 years Over 180 areas in the United States have been federally designated as primary care shortage areas for at least 40 years. One of those areas is Oakland in southeast Iowa. It’s been designated a physician shortage area

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Feb 01

NewsStand, Feb. 2, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| News, NewsStand Archive

Iowa news Hy-Vee becomes joint owner of Exemplar Care Hy-Vee has become a joint owner of Exemplar Care. As a result, Exemplar Care medical clinics in the Des Moines area will now be Hy-Vee Health Exemplar Care. Under the agreement, Hy-Vee Health Exemplar Care medical clinics will offer direct primary

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Jan 29

NewsStand, Jan. 30, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| NewsStand Archive

Iowa news New radiation therapy at UI targets tumors more precisely UI Health Care is the first medical center in North America and the second worldwide to cross over into the next phase of MR-Linac technology, offering even more precise real-time targeting of soft tissue tumors with radiation therapy. MR-Linac

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Jan 25

NewsStand, Jan. 26, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| NewsStand Archive

Iowa news Mercy Medical Center earns Blue Distinction for outstanding, affordable maternity care Mercy Medical Center has been recognized as a Blue Distinction Center+ for having high-quality, cost-effective maternity care facilities. The Blue Distinction Specialty Care Program is part of the Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s National Health Equity

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Jan 22

NewsStand, Jan. 23, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| NewsStand Archive

Iowa news Federal fix for rural hospitals has few takers so far The hospital in Keokuk, which served rural areas of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, closed Oct. 1, 2022. But new owners plan to reopen the hospital with the help of a recent federal payment system. The rural emergency hospital

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Jan 18

NewsStand, Jan. 19, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| NewsStand Archive

Iowa news Wastewater in Midwest states carries high levels of COVID-19, says CDC Iowa is among several Midwestern states where wastewater is showing elevated levels of COVID-19. The Centers for Disease and Control describe virus levels as “very high,” indicating that COVID-19 is spreading again. So far, there has not

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Jan 16

NewsStand, Jan. 16, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| NewsStand Archive

Iowa news Pella Regional recognized for maternity care Wellmark, Blue Cross and Blue Shield recognized Pella Regional Health Center as a Blue Distinction Centers+ for Maternity Care, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Each facility must safely deliver cost-effective, quality care to earn this designation. (Oskaloosa Herald)

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Jan 11

NewsStand, Jan. 12, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| NewsStand Archive

Iowa news A year after the measure was introduced, no Iowa hospitals have received an REH licensure designation A year after the Rural Emergency Hospital designation was introduced, no Iowa hospitals have received the federal licensure. The measure was meant to help struggling rural hospitals stay afloat by ending inpatient

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Jan 08

NewsStand, Jan. 9, 2024

By Iowa Hospital Association| NewsStand Archive

Iowa news Pella Regional delivered a record-breaking 610 babies in 2023 There were 610 babies delivered at Pella Regional Health Center in 2023, a record for the hospital. The previous high mark was 607 babies born in 2019. Over half of Iowa’s 99 counties do not have obstetrics units, and

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