Iowa hospitals have already lost $850 million because of COVID-19, according to an analysis done by accounting consultants CliftonLarsonAllen.
COVID-19 education . MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center gave Local 5 a tour of their flex unit, a hospital wing designated to handle infectious diseases since 2016.

CMS memorandum QSO-20-14-NH states that nursing homes should admit individuals that they would normally admit to their facility, including individuals from hospitals where a case of COVID-19 was/is present. DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Public Health said Wednesday that most Iowa hospitals are prepared to handle COVID-19 patients, should they need to. Some rural Iowa hospitals will not survive the COVID-19 outbreak, industry leaders said Wednesday. Throughout the pandemic, Iowa’s health care heroes have selflessly staffed the front lines to address and contain COVID-19.
Watch the replay of University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Hospital Epidemiologist Jorge Salinas, MD, answering questions about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in a Facebook Live broadcast from Wednesday, June 24, 2020. COVID livestream replays. Also, if possible, dedicate a unit/wing exclusively for any residents coming or returning from the hospital.

That dire warning came as the Iowa Hospital Association revealed projections that show the state’s 118 hospitals, collectively, could lose as much as $2.17 billion in revenue by the end of this year. COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is the official name On March 11 the World Health Organization declared the spread of the novel coronavirus a pandemic. On Thursday afternoon, the state was reporting 145 Iowans hospitalized with COVID-19. In region five, which includes Johnson County and 13 other counties of southeast Iowa… — The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics is the first hospital in Iowa to be able to conduct COVID-19 tests in its own laboratory, a move that lessens the burden on Iowa… Some rural Iowa hospitals will not survive the COVID-19 outbreak, industry leaders said Wednesday. Iowa hospitals have to lead the charge against this virus and yet with the order to limit elective services many are struggling financially. Some rural Iowa hospitals will not survive the COVID-19 outbreak, industry leaders said Wednesday. of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics cutting pay but not jobs to offset COVID-19 losses Adam Carros 6/23/2020 Baltimore protesters toppled a Christopher Columbus statue and threw it in a harbor

Also, if possible, dedicate a unit/wing exclusively for any residents coming or returning from the hospital. Resources for your health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.