Iowa moving 560000 Medicaid enrollees to managed care plan
Iowa officials told lawmakers the March 1 switch to three out-of-state managed care firms is ready after CMS delayed the start from Jan 1. DHS reports 60 percent of providers are contracted with all three MCOs, and 90 percent with at least one, amid provider-network concerns voiced by several senators.
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Iowa
Terry Branstad
CMS
Stier
David Johnson
Rochevedan
Johnson
Amanda Ragan
D-Mason City
DHS
Liz Mathis
D Robins
WellCare of
Polk County
WellCare
Student leaders demand full state funding for universities
Des Moines Iowa student leaders including Katie Evans Josh Schoenfeld and Rachael Johnson urged governors and lawmakers to fund the 2016 17 budgets for Iowa State UNI and the UI The trio cited mental health service delays at ISU 30 days for some students and four weeks for UNI and UI and pressed for an $20 million increase across the three institutions with Iowa State at 8 2 million UNI 7 7 million and Iowa 4 5 million Gov Branstad had proposed about 8 million more for the regents system
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Katie Evans
University of Northern Iowa
Josh Schoenfeld
University of Iowa
Evans
Schoenfeld
Iowa
Iowa Capitol
Iowa State University
Daniel Breitbarth
Liz Mills
Rachael Johnson
State Board of Regents
UNI
Iowa State
Regents
Terry Branstad
Regents University
UI Faculty Resignations Jump 36 Percent in 2015
The University of Iowa reported 90 faculty resignations in 2015, up from 66 the prior year, the highest total among Iowa public universities since at least 2006. ISU and UNI saw declines to 33 and 7 respectively. Most resignations at UI came from the College of Medicine amid health care market shifts.
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University of Iowa
Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
ISU
UNI
Board of Regents
Kevin Kregel
College of Medicine
Regent
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Kregel
US Health Care
Jean Robillard
Medical
Debra A. Schwinn
Robillard
Regent University
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