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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1995

Page

7

We Need Rain for Beans In Southwest Iowa Crops

Iowa weekly crops report notes southwest Iowa remains dry while other areas have adequate moisture. Keiper warns August is bean making month and drought could yield BBs in pods. Corn is 86 percent in milk stage, soybeans setting pods at 92 percent, with several concerns over denting and heat stress.

Jim Keiper Keiper Cedar Rapids Iowa Delaware

Health system bids split for Cedar Rapids care plan Unity Choice

Cedar Rapids health leaders invited two systems to bid on model insurance plans. St. Luke's Unity Choice bid edged Mercy PHO, with CLC choosing to compare both. Officials anticipate contracts to pool data while exploring hospital contracting and future collaboration.

Mercy/PHO CLC St. Luke’s Milroy Vanourny Tinker Mercy PHO Ken Klaasmeyer St. Luke's Cedar Rapids Klaasmeyer St. Luke's System Aegon USA Amana Refrigeration the Gazette Co Eastern Iowa Health Care IES Industries LeFebvre Corp Linn County Medical Society Mercy Medical Center Metro Interagency Insurance Program Noland Corp Rockwell-Collins Rockwell-Goss Square D Co

Insurers dispute discounts shifting costs to patients

Insurers say undiscounted charges determine benefits with discounts mainly benefiting Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan customers. The practice raises patient costs through higher copays or higher premiums, and critics warn it diverts billions to insurers amid Medicare trends and legal challenges.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan Chicago

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