Rural Iowa hospitals seek wiggle room amid Medicaid shifts
Rural hospitals rely on government funded plans as 61.68 percent of critical access patients at Kossuth Regional Health Center are on Medicare and 15 percent on Medicaid, while sequester cuts threaten roughly 1.3 billion in Medicare revenue over 10 years. Hospital leaders push to use private insurance, health coaches, and navigators to improve care access.
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Iowa Health and Wellness
Veterans Memorial
Myers
Iowa
Iowa Hospital Association
National Rural Health Association
Kossuth Regional Health Center
Algona
Scott Curtis
Curtis
Regional van pool plan aims to ease I-880 congestion in Iowa
A regional van pool concept proposes to cut congestion on I-880 and expand job access through a UI style program. Officials cite DART and UI as models while weighing who runs it how to fund it and which areas to serve.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa
Des Moines
Mary Rump
Council of Governments
Davenport
Mount Pleasant
Michelle Ribble
Rump
Dave Ricketts
Ricketts
van Pool
DART
Elizabeth Presutti
DOT
Presutti
Chase ends in crash as Cedar Rapids man faces multiple charges
Cedar Rapids police say Chadwick fled a traffic stop on a registration violation, speeding through Hawk Eye Oil lot and streets, colliding with a city vehicle after a short six block pursuit. He faces homicide by vehicle eluding felony and traffic violations with additional charges likely. Police ongoing with crash reconstruction and criminal investigation.
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Chadwick
Hawkeye Oil
Eighth Avenue
Eighth and
Ninth Streets
10Th St
Ninth Street
Ninth
Buelow
15Th Avenue
16Th Avenue
Lawson
Chadwick PLC
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