HMO exits Medicaid in Iowa affecting Hawk-I
Iowa Health SolutionsNevadaCare ends its Medicaid hawk-i contract Jan 31, the largest HMO in Iowa. About 25 000 Medicaid recipients will move to MediPASS or fee for service while John Deere Health or Wellmark Classic Blue assume coverage. Officials say care continuity remains largely seamless with rare doctor changes possible.
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Towa Health
Ringgold
Poweshiek
Washington
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Des Moines
Wapello
Coventry Health Care
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Black Hawk
Butler
Anita Smith
Hawks
John Deere Health
Wellmark Classic Blue
Linn County
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Neighbors clash over Cedar Ridge edge housing plan
Cedar Rapids dispute centers on 9.9 acre parcel off Edgewood Road NE. Jeff Palmer plans three residential lots with a general-access easement. neighbors contend only private access exists. City Council approved final plat but driveway use and further appeals loom as residents vow to fight.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Jeff Palmer
Ralph
Ar-Jay Center
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Glass Road
Palmer
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Steve Hammes
Hammes
Don Thomas
Estrogen therapy linked to gallbladder disease risk
Iowa City report says postmenopausal women on estrogen or estrogen with progestin show higher risks of gallbladder inflammation and gallstones. Data from Women’s Health Initiative trials across 40 centers studied over 22,500 women aged 50 to 79, with hysterectomy or not. Excess events per 10,000 vary by group and therapy, guiding decisions on menopause treatment.
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Iowa News Service
Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Public Health
Journal of the American Medical Association
Women’s Health Initiative
United States
U.S
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Hoover House closes after breastfeeding dispute in West Branch
The Hoover House restaurant in West Branch, linked to a July breastfeeding controversy, closed its doors with owner Carl Nelson and Janet Nelson unavailable for comment. Mayor Sandy Hatfield noted uncertainty over the cause but doubted the protest alone caused the closure. she stressed that loyal patrons might return.
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Gazette
West Branch
Sandy Hatfield
Hoover House
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Janet Nel
Hatfield
Amy Schoon
Burlington Prosecutors Outline 2004 Murder Case
Michael Harper Jr. was strangled and stabbed over 100 times by two friends amid fears he would inform on a petty burglary. William Lucas Jr. and Brent Saner, both 19, face first degree murder charges as the trial opens with prosecutors detailing the last hours of Harper's life near downtown Burlington.
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Burlington
Michael Harper Jr
Harper
William Lucas Jr
Lucas
Brent Saner
Des Moines
Ty Rogers
Saner
Rogers
Man sets himself on fire during domestic disturbance call
Clinton police report a man poured flammable liquid on himself and lit a match during a domestic disturbance investigation at a home shortly before 7 p m. The victim and the suspect were involved in a no contact order. The unidentified man’s condition was not released as of Wednesday.
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Clinton
Two Children Hurt In Waterloo School Bus Crash
A Waterloo school bus stopped on West Donald Street near Columbia Street injuring two children when a second westbound bus failed to stop and struck the stopped vehicle. Lori Smock, 25, of Oelwein, drove the sport utility vehicle hit by the second bus, which pushed it into a driveway. Both children were taken by ambulance to Allen Memorial Hospital.
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Waterloo
Donald Street
Columbia Street
Lori Smock
Oelwein
Roxann Essmann
Smock
Allen Memorial Hospital
Hawkeye Community College Cancels Classes After Threat
Wateroo, afternoon classes canceled at Hawkeye Community College after a bomb threat prompted emergency response. Police and campus officials investigated the threat and announced a temporary campus closure until further notice.
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Waterloo
Hawkeye Community College
Automatic compensation backed for ammo workers
Middletown Iowa story reports NIOSH urged automatic $150,000 compensation for former Iowa Army Ammunition Plant workers at Middle Town exposed to radiation who have one of 22 cancers. Senator Tom Harkin announces the proposal. Radiation Health Advisory Board to review February 9.
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Middletown
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Niosh Radiation Health Advisory Board
Gazette, News Services
Lottery numbers and jackpot figures from Wednesday report
The Wednesday draw lists Powerball 9 18 32 33 49 with Powerball 27 and a 19.1 million jackpot, Play 3, Pick 3 and Pick 4 results, plus Hot Lotto and Illinois/ Iowa Little Lotto and Lotto results. Jackpot shown at 11.5 million for another draw.
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