Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics has introduced new co-payment requirements for services. Co-payments will be required for family medicine office visits, radiology services, and surgical services. Co-Payment Requirements Outline Family Practice Services Patients will be required to pay a portion of their deductible or co-pay amount at the time of...
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond is the recent recipient of the Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award™. According to Healthgrades, 96% of patients would definitely recommend Iowa Specialty Hospital. “This is quite a distinction to be named among other hospitals across the nation,” said Amy McDaniel, Iowa Specialty Hospital – Belmond...
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond was recently named one of the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) for Overall Patient Satisfaction in the country. The Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals, including Iowa Specialty Hospital – Belmond, scored best among critical access hospitals as determined by The Chartis Center for Rural...
Most people want to live a meaningful life. What is meaningful to one person may not be the same to another. We all have our individual idea of what makes our lives meaningful—work, family, volunteering, a safe place to live, sports, friends, pets, hobbies---each person’s list looks different. It is...
Bob and Judy Ritter of Dows recently donated $16,350 to go towards the purchase of a 3D mammography machine at Iowa Specialty Hospital – Clarion. The Ritters are passionate about the need of providing mammography services to all women as their daughter Jackie is a breast cancer survivor. “Every woman...
Every year, from approximately December 1st – December 31st, Iowa Specialty Hospital Foundation – Clarion holds its annual campaign. An annual campaign is usually an organization’s primary source of unrestricted contributed income and a mainstay of its fundraising efforts. Thanks to its 2017 annual campaign, the Foundation was able to...
Iowa Specialty Hospital Foundation – Clarion has contributed to several projects at Iowa Specialty Hospital during their 2017 – 2018 fiscal year. Throughout the giving cycle, the Foundation has purchased two fetal monitors for the OB department, Stryker TruRize Recliners for the nursing department, and a high-low exam table and...
Iowa Specialty Hospital’s 100th baby of 2018, Troy Terrance Collins, Jr., was born on April 2nd at 8:19 in the morning to parents, Tamara and Troy Collins Sr. of Webster City. Baby Troy weighed 8 pounds 7.5 ounces and was 20 inches in length. He will be welcomed home by...
The OB Department at Iowa Specialty Hospital recently purchased two maternal/fetal monitoring systems. Features include monitoring of uterine and fetal activity, including fetal heart rate, temperature, oxygen saturation, ECG, and non-invasive blood pressure. One of the best features of these new monitors is allowing mobility during labor. Older monitors required...
