After taking a “short” five-hour break during a bankruptcy auction in Chicago on Oct. 4 to discuss whether to raise their original $20 million offer for Mercy Iowa City’s assets in response to bondholder Preston Hollow’s $27 million counter bid, University of Iowa attorneys — at least initially — decided not to.
A Cedar Rapids woman is contesting the state’s decision to revoke her license, arguing she’s the innocent victim of a Florida diploma mill.
A resident of a Williamsburg care facility died after a nine-hour delay in receiving medical care for multiple serious injuries she sustained in a fall, according to state officials.
A Cedar Rapids woman is contesting the state’s decision to revoke her license, arguing she’s the innocent victim of the Florida diploma mill that awarded her a fraudulent degree in nursing.
University of Iowa researchers are partnering with a medical development company to create rapid tests that could quickly identify the causes of certain diarrheal diseases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the latest vaccine last month. But many nursing homes aren’t expecting to be able to begin inoculations until this month or even November, though infections among this vulnerable population have been on the rise in recent months.
This year, new vaccines for COVID-19 and RSV bring hope to reduce the number of cases of severe illness. But as of Aug. 31, only 1 in 5 Iowans are up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Hospital, marking 150 years serving Iowa City, awaits sale approval from bankruptcy judge.
In response to Tuesday evening’s surprise news the University of Iowa won’t be taking over its long-time community health care competitor Mercy Hospital after being outbid in a bankruptcy auction for its assets, UI President Barbara Wilson and UI Health Care Vice President Denise Jamieson expressed disappointment Wednesday morning.
In a stunning turn of events many didn’t anticipate — including Mercy Iowa City and its executives — bondholder Preston Hollow Community Capital in a drawn out auction has outbid the University of Iowa for Mercy’s assets as part of the hospital’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
The Iowa Board of Nursing recently concluded there was “substantial evidence” that Helena Dahnweih of Cedar Rapids had engaged in fraud in order to procure a license to practice nursing in Iowa. The board voted to revoke Dahnweih’s license.
Without disclosing details about ongoing backroom auction deliberations, a U.S. bankruptcy judge has agreed to postpone “to a later date” a sale hearing for Mercy Iowa City’s assets that was scheduled for Tuesday.
The accident at Mid-Iowa Coop in Toledo highlights the way Iowa’s agriculture and construction industries depend on contractors and subcontractors — many that employ vulnerable employees — to do some of the most dangerous jobs.
Two days have passed since Mercy Iowa City opened an auction for substantially all its assets, and the hospital will head into the weekend without a new owner or operator -- notifying a U.S. bankruptcy judge Friday afternoon the auction “will resume next week.”
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