Hospital billing gaffe at UI Hospitals linked to staff and automation gaps
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics missed 11 million dollars in charges due to staff errors and vacant positions plus no automated billing for cardiac catheterization lab procedures. The issue began in November and was corrected by March. all patients were billed and no revenue was lost.
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Diane Heldt
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Ken Fisher
Fisher
State Board of Regents
Heart and Vascular Center
Cath Lab
Independence Day Recaps Founding Moment and Celebrations
July 4 1776 Declaration of Independence approved by the Continental Congress marking the start of the United States as a sovereign nation. The holiday features parades fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country as communities celebrate with grilling and gatherings.
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Name based census places show liberty and eagle counts
The Gazette notes Iowa leads with four liberty named places including North Liberty West Liberty New Liberty and Libertyville with two more unincorporated Liberty Center and Liberty. Eagle named places total thirty and independence places total one hundred fourteen.
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North Liberty
West Liberty
New Liberty
Libertyville
Liberty Center
Liberty
What’s for dinner from state yields and crops
The data shows Iowa hogs and pigs on March 1 at 18.9 million, Texas cattle production at 6.5 billion pounds in 2008, North Dakota supplying 34 percent of dry edible beans in 2009, Idaho Washington totaling 50 percent of potato output, California supplying 95 percent of processed tomatoes, and Florida 818 million pounds of 2009 watermelon, per the U S Census Bureau.
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Hawkeye State
Texas
Lone Star State
North Dakota
Idaho
Washington
California
Florida
U.S. Census Bureau
G R moves ahead with flood spending
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett says the city will spend about 10.5 million dollars from the 1-percent local option sales tax to address unmet needs of homeowners affected by the June 2008 flood. The Local Option Sales Tax Oversight Committee had voted that the spending was outside the voters approval, but the City Council supported it 8-0.
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Nogarette
Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
Corbett
City flood aid program opens with $10000 grants
Applications for the unmet needs program are available at City Hall and online. Qualified households may receive up to 10000 to replace belongings lost in the flood minus any prior federal payments. The council Oversight Committee dispute comes as local-option sales tax revenue remains largely unspent. The city has collected 19500000 from the tax through month 15 of a 63 month period, with 10 percent allocated to property.
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Oversight Committee
Corbett
Hawkeye bottled water hits Corridor shelves this week
Stone City Bottled Water Co. of Anamosa will distribute Hawkeye branded water in Linn and Johnson counties. A half liter bottle costs 99 cents. President Libby Boge says the Iowa sourced water tastes like water should and differs from national brands.
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Aquafina
Hawkeye Bottled Water
University of Iowa
Herky the Hawk
Stone City Bottled Water Co
Anamosa
Linn
Johnson
Towa
Libby Boge
Iowa
Boge
Humboldt Springs Water Co
Hawkeye
Johnson and Linn
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