AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoRural Care: Iowa is set to receive $216 million in a second year of federal rural-health funding, aimed at expanding access through the state’s Healthy Hometowns program. Medicaid: New work requirements are scheduled to begin Dec. 1. Many expansion enrollees will need to document 80 hours a month of work, education or service; exemptions apply, but paperwork could put eligible Iowans at risk of losing coverage. Measles: Iowa health officials flagged new potential exposure locations in Keokuk as measles spreads nationally and Wisconsin’s outbreak grows. Dental Access: An affordable-care clinic in Council Bluffs plans to expand as roughly 2,000 people wait for dental services. Rural Services: MercyOne in Centerville added a mental health counselor and an ear, nose and throat provider, bringing behavioral health care back to town after a local clinic closed.
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