DES MOINES, Iowa ( KCCI) - UnityPoint Health - Des Moines has delayed elective surgeries due to an increase in patient volume, KCCI reports. The hospital will postpone elective surgeries and procedures requiring overnight stays from January 8 through January 13 to focus resources on patients with the most urgent needs, according to a statement.

A southeast Iowa hospital where a long-term care resident died after being put to bed while struggling to breathe is now facing a potential $10,000 fine.

At a time when many rural hospitals continue to make the tough choice to shutter their obstetrics units and stop delivering babies, Iowa Specialty Hospital’s OB unit is thriving. Jenn Mewes steps around construction equipment into Iowa Specialty’s ...

The funding — $50 billion spread across the country — comes from federal Republicans' tax policy and federal budget legislation which also slashed hundreds of billions from Medicaid and other federal

Iowa is seeking up to $1 billion in federal funding to bolster rural hospitals and clinics through a new program created under the sweeping Republican tax-and-spending law passed earlier this year — a law that also slashed billions from Medicaid and ...