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Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday set a special election date for Tuesday, Dec. 30, to fill the Iowa Senate seat vacated with former Sen. Claire Celsi’s death.
Kelly Garcia was the agency’s director through the COVID-19 pandemic, its consolidation into the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, and a redesign of the state’s mental and behavioral health care system.
The state agency that denied a request for inspection reports on a Cedar Rapids home health agency now says that denial was based on an incorrect assumption that it wouldn’t have any such records.
The federal government’s most recent assessment of health-facility inspections indicates Iowa has failed to meet three key standards.
A state agency that denied having inspection records for a Cedar Rapids home health agency now admits it has the records but considers them confidential.
An emerging trend shows an uptick in restaurants running without proper licensure, locally and statewide.
State regulators say they have never inspected and are not investigating a Cedar Rapids-based home health agency alleged to have falsified records, billed for services never delivered and used an unlicensed nurse.
State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past month, including offenses related to cockroach infestations, rodents, expired food and operating without a license.
A female resident of a Coralville care facility wandered from the home earlier this year and was later found at a Nebraska truck stop 265 miles away.
Six Corridor-area restaurants and stores were cited.
The Iowa Board of Chiropractic alleged that in September 2022, it learned that an insurance provider had recently paid out a settlement in a civil lawsuit involving a Cedar Rapids chiropractor’s care of a patient in 2018.
The new rules would reduce penalties for allowing teens to work longer hours, and do not change penalties for workplace safety or hazardous conditions violations.
A state agency says it plans to release quarterly updates on its progress in meeting federal requirements for nursing home inspections after questions were raised by Iowa’s State Auditor.
A report from Iowa Auditor Rob Sand claims the state lags behind federal requirements for nursing home inspections; the state inspections agency disputes the report’s figures
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