The four UnityPoint hospitals in the Des Moines metro area report a tenfold increase in the number of patients testing positive for the flu in recent weeks, with more than 500 cases confirmed since late December. Flu cases across the region are multiplying rapidly as...
Concerns are rising about whether Sioux City’s largest healthcare provider will continue to accept some insurance plans. UnityPoint Health took over MercyOne in Sioux City on September 1st and agreed to accept insurance plans used by MercyOne patients through...
The results of this week’s vote to unionize by nearly 1,800 nurses at the four UnityPoint hospitals in metro Des Moines are still unclear. Over the past three days, 871 nurses voted for the union, while 666 voted against it, but the International Brotherhood of...
