Hospitals vary widely on outpatient surgery costs
Outpatient surgery charges vary by Iowa hospitals from $69 at Floyd Valley to $249 at University Hospitals and $255 at Henry County Health Center. Knee arthroscopy ranges from $689 at St Luke's Cedar Rapids to $1,522 at Ottumwa Regional. Breast biopsy costs $199 at Covenant St Francis Waterloo versus $1,171 at Jane Lamb Health Center Clinton. Mercy Cedar Rapids administrator A James Tinker says the hospital keeps outpatient charges competitively low and outpatient services now supply about 25 percent of revenue.
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Floyd Valley Hospital
LeMars
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant
St. Luke’s
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa Reginal Health Center
Covenant St. Francis
Waterloo
Jane Lamb Health Center
Clinton
A. James Tinker
Mercy
House lawmaker pushes bill to start prison bed expansion
Iowa lawmakers split on Gov. Branstad's plan to expand medium security capacity with a $7 million two year lottery funded project. Rep. Gary Sherzan expects the Appropriations Committee to move enabling legislation for lease purchase while money remains the main hurdle.
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Ken Sullivan Gastte
Des Moines
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Senate
House of Representatives
Gary Sherzan
Appropriations Committee
Department of Corrections
Sherzan
Sherman
House
Sen
Gene Fraise
D-Fort Madison
Senate Appropriations Committee
Joe Welsh
D-Dubuque
Tama soil named official Iowa soil by Senate panel
Iowa Senate Agriculture Committee approved a resolution naming Tama soil the official state soil. The thick black topsoil, a loess variant found in 17 eastern counties, joins the state’s flower, birch, tree, and rock on hallowed ground. Senator Emil Husak called Tama soil the best Iowa has.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Agriculture Committee
Emil Husak
Toledo
Husak
Agriculture Committee
Senate
GOP challenger targets Nagle PAC links in Iowa race
Don Redfern announced his bid for Iowa's 3rd District seat and accused incumbent Rep. David Nagle of being beholden to PACs. Redfern criticizes Nagle's votes on the textile quota and Gephardt trade bill as harmful to Iowa, pledging PAC money limits and self restraint. He cites his own past filing near-miss in 1986 and current position at Redfern law firm with UNI teaching duties.
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Waterloo
Don Redfern
U.S
David Nagle
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
Nagle
Redfern
Redfern, McKinley, Mason & Dieter
University of Northern Iowa
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