Eastern Iowa Health Center to open low income dental clinic
The Eastern Iowa Dental Center aims to serve low income adults in Cedar Rapids with enhanced reimbursement and a plan for 2,860 patient encounters in year one and over 17,000 in three years. Delta Dental and local foundations fund the project, with construction to begin after Labor Day and a target mid October reopening.
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Eastern Iowa Health Center
Lock
Eastern Iowa
Community Health Free Clinic
Primus Dental Design and Construction
Cedar Rapids
Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation
Hall-Perrine Foundation
Jeff Russell
Delta Dental
Iowa
Dental Cov
Russell
Tris Muchmore
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Iowa Faces Bed Shortages After Mental Health Closures
Iowa has the fewest state psychiatric beds per capita and about 730 staffed inpatient beds, with many not open to all patients. Advocates and officials say closures worsened access, pushing needs toward community care and sometimes jail, while the governor defends the shift and funds.
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Iowa
Peggy Huppert
The
National Alliance On Mental Illness
Terry Branstad
Mount Pleasant
Clarinda
Branstad
State Department of Human Services
Independence
Cherokee
McOs
Huppert
Woodbury
Dave Drew
Ben Hammes
Hammes
Marion County
Jason Sandholdt
Black Hawk County
Tony Thompson
Drew
Chris Hoffman
Pathways Behavioral Services
Waterloo
Miller
Tom Bachus
Black Hawk-Grundy Mental Health Center
Health officials push 25 foot rule for smoking and e cigarettes
Johnson County officials seek countywide adoption of a 25 foot smoke free distance from public buildings including e cigarettes. Coralville and North Liberty already regulate at 25 feet and Iowa City may follow. Public health director Beardsley cites clean air goals and protecting people from secondhand vapor.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Doug Beardsley
Johnson County
Coralville
North Liberty
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Beardsley
Kingsley Botchway II
Mike Carberry
Carberry
Americans For Non
Iowa
Ames
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Morris Drew
Drew
Michael Landgrebn
Micky
Zach Howard
The
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Washington St
Micky’s
Jean Basile
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Arnold
Reuters
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