Legislation designed to help rural, emergency room hospitals in Iowa passed unanimously out of the Senate Tuesday, 47-0, and now is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.
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Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau State Government Mar. 14, 2023 4:06 pm76d ago
Legislation designed to help rural, emergency room hospitals in Iowa passed unanimously out of the Senate Tuesday, 47-0, and now is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.
Erin Jordan Health Care and Medicine Mar. 10, 2023 4:55 pm80d ago
Face masks now are optional in all University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics facilities, including Iowa River Landing and QuickCare clinics, except for people who have symptoms of a respiratory virus or unvaccinated employees.
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 20, 2023 12:14 pm70d ago
A quilt made of cloth masks is the centerpiece of the Red Thread Project, commemorating the third anniversary of COVID’s arrival in Linn County.
Higher Ed Mar. 9, 2023 5:17 pm81d ago
The union representing 3,800 University of Iowa Health Care workers has announced the ratification of its “strongest contract for our members in Iowa since the changes to Chapter 20 in 2017.”
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An Iowa nursing home administrator fired last year after being accused of stealing patient medications and being under the influence of drugs at work is facing no charges from the licensing board that oversees her profession.
By Tony Leys, - Kaiser Health News
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 5, 2023 5:30 am86d ago
Federal law requires states to have “estate recovery programs” to seek reimbursements for spending under Medicaid. While some states target very little — Hawaii’s program collected just $31,000 in 2019 — other states are more aggressive — Iowa contracts with a private company that recovered $26 million that same year.
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At-home tests, which aren’t required to be reported, have grown in popularity — and have made the state’s weekly COVID-19 data reporting “less meaningful,” according to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
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Dozens of automated external defibrillators and trauma first aid kits — valued at over $100,000 — will go to first-responders, ambulance crews, churches and nonprofit organizations in Benton, Jones and Linn counties.
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 20, 2023 6:00 am99d ago
Johnson County has been designated a HeartSafe Community as local partners continue informing residents how to effectively intervene if they witness someone in sudden cardiac arrest.
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 17, 2023 2:58 pm101d ago
The clinics run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday as well as Feb. 25, March 18 and 25, April 15 and 22 and May 13 and 20 at the center, 1201 Third Ave SE in Cedar Rapids.
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