Articles Tagged: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

“For too long and for too many Iowans in need of help, navigating and accessing services across the system has been too difficult for patients and providers alike,” the governor said.

Bills include new insurance requirements, millions in appropriations and radon detection requirements in new homes

There were 212 licensed psychiatrists practicing in the state in 2021, down from 236 in 2012, according to Iowa Health Professions Tracking Center.

Iowa's maternal death rate and infant mortality rate have climbed as birthing units have closed in recent years

The state has failed to find an Iowa nonprofit to oversee and administer a network of crisis pregnancy centers and maintain a record of the services provided to Iowans.

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services documents high COVID-19 activity and moderate influenza activity.

Iowa will turn down federal funding to pay for summer food aid to children, opting instead for a state-funded program officials say will provide better nutrition and will avoid $2.2 million a year for administration.

Also, state announces new partnership to help employers hire military veterans

Iowa is one of 30 states where the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services determined eligible individuals -- mostly children -- were being disenrolled, even though the states had information indicating they remained eligible.

Iowans -- including minors -- can legally buy high-potency marijuana drinks and gummies because of loopholes in state and federal laws, according to leaders in the state’s new Bureau of Cannabis Regulation.

Iowa HHS earlier this year launched a public service campaign to warn people over age 45 to watch the amount of alcohol they are consuming. The reason for the campaign is sobering. Alcohol-related deaths in Iowa have increased 45 percent since 2019, with half of those deaths being people over age 45.

Goal is to move people off government assistance into ‘economic self-sufficiency’

Iowa awards $580K to improve 6 public lakes

Iowa is holding more than $4 million in child support payments — many of those more than five years old — because the parent or caregiver receiving the payments has died and there’s no court order for how to disburse the money.

Iowa will participate in a federal program to help provide food for Iowa school children during summer break. The announcement comes after anti-hunger groups implored state officials to apply for the federal assistance.