Health Care and Medicine

In total so far, a Chicago law firm representing Mercy Hospital in its bankruptcy case has accumulated $6.2 million in fees against a hospital that — since its Chapter 11 petition through Oct. 31 — had reported a $13.7 million operating loss.

Former members of the Benton County Board of Health are suing the supervisors and county over their termination in October. The petition contends the firings are connected to disputes over county-based medical system restructuring.

Mason – who his parents described as smart beyond his years, with a dry sense of humor – was just spreading his teenage wings, gaining more independence, and looking forward to his first high school season of soccer, a sport he’s played most of his life – since age 4.

A former employee of University of Iowa Community HomeCare has paired up with a former patient to sue the entity on behalf of themselves and 67,000-plus others over a data breach in March they argue could have been prevented, was reported too late, and unjustly enriched the university while causing years of stress, risk, and potential further victimization in the form of fraud and identity theft.

There’s been a national shortage of ADHD medications for more than a year. What started with manufacturing delays for a producer of

A federal report suggests Iowa has one of the nation’s worst ratios of nursing home inspectors to care facilities, and that the state’s use of private contractors to inspect homes is extraordinarily costly to taxpayers.

A photo essay that delves into the world of caring for a child with multiple medical conditions.

AJ Gale of Keystone was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Down syndrome and a host of other health conditions. Now, at 8 years old, he is healthy and thriving, but his day-to-day life — and the day-to-day life of his family — still looks quite different from that of other kids his age

With a bankrupt Mercy Iowa City already inciting objections to the more than $1 million it's accrued in attorney fees tied to Chapter 11 proceedings, the hospital’s interim management and restructuring firm last week submitted another $1 million bill.

It is the first statewide assessment of Iowa streams

When Bradley Haws takes the reins as University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics CEO on Nov. 29 -- following a stint as UIHC chief financial officer two years ago -- he’ll make a $1.1 million starting salary, with the chance for $385,000 more in incentive pay.

Continuing its local and regional explosion in growth – including a pending $28 million purchase of Mercy Iowa City – the University of Iowa next week will ask Board of Regents permission to move forward with another $36.5 million in health care-related construction, including a $17.5 million “new road” paving the way for a $1 billion inpatient tower.