Health company tries again for approval to build psychiatric hospital in...
BETTENDORF, Iowa--A company that was previously blocked from building a 72 bed in-patient free standing psychiatric hospital in Bettendorf just announced it will try again to get state approval to go...
View ArticleGenesis says they are following through on mental health expansion plan
DAVENPORT, Iowa-- Genesis Health System officials are excited to show off these renovations at their West campus. These additional rooms and revamped community center are part of the hospital's...
View ArticleNew study puts Iowa 49th in nation for mental health services
DAVENPORT, Iowa-- Iowans have a long list of things to be proud of, but the quality of mental health services doesn't make the cut. "Iowa consistently ranks in the bottom five of all states in every...
View ArticleCombat Crew Visits Sick Children ahead of QC Air Show
BETTENDORF, Iowa - Children at the Genesis Outpatient Pediatric Therapy Center had time to enjoy a meet and greet with an Air Combat Crew on Thursday, June 23 ahead of the Quad Cities Air Show taking...
View ArticleScott County’s mental health court aims to offer treatment, not jail
DAVENPORT, Iowa - Scott County will soon become home to the first mental health court in Iowa. The new mental health court procedure is part of an effort to cut back on the number of people with...
View ArticleBaseline concussion tests can help better treat injured athletes
ELDRIDGE, Iowa - Concussions are not always easy to detect or treat and that's why North Scott High School teamed up with Genesis to help treat them better. For North Scott athlete Triston Richardson,...
View ArticleStrategic Behavioral Health to try again to build mental health facility in...
BETTENDORF, Iowa-- A Tennessee based company will, once again, try to get approval from the state of Iowa to build a 72 in-patient mental health facility in Bettendorf. The hearing in front of the...
View ArticleGenesis speaks out against new out-of-state mental health hospital building...
DAVENPORT, Iowa-- Genesis Health System leaders are speaking out with less than a month until an out-of-state company, Strategic Behavioral Health, tries to get approval for the second time to build a...
View ArticleBoston Marathon hero shares heart wrenching details from 2013 with QC doctors
BETTENDORF, Iowa-- It's a scene Dr. Natalie Stavas can't shake from her memory. "Being there in the heard of it and seeing the blood and having someone die at my hands right in front of me that I...
View ArticleGenesis gives free flu shots to schools around the Quad Cities
LONG GROVE, Iowa - Alan Shepard Elementary in Long Grove, Iowa was the first of around 90 schools Genesis will be giving students free flu shots. "When you get the flu it's not the throwing up kind of...
View ArticleAllegations of violence delay hearing to potentially build mental health...
ANKENY, Iowa -- A company looking to add a new mental health hospital in Bettendorf was the center of discussion at a 10-hour long hearing on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. That meeting came to a halt...
View ArticleGenesis celebrates final phase of building construction
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Doctors, nurses and staff at Genesis Medical Center are celebrating the final phase of a major construction project. Thursday, Oct. 20, construction crews topped off the building at...
View ArticleProposed mental health facility in Bettendorf will not build; meeting ends in...
BETTENDORF, Iowa — After a long hearing, it was decided that a mental health facility will not be built in Bettendorf. The vote by the Iowa Health Facilities Council landed in a tie. The matter,...
View ArticleIncrease in local flu cases forces area hospitals to enact voluntary visit...
DAVENPORT — Due to increasing influenza cases reported across the Quad-Cities region, officials from Genesis Medical Center are asking visitors to its facilities to voluntarily limit their visits if...
View ArticleSchool in Davenport is taking steps to lower number of flu cases
DAVENPORT, Iowa - St. Paul the Apostle School has reduced the number of flu cases each year. "We had a 50% percent drop in the flu over the last couple of years, so three years ago we had over 1,000...
View ArticleFlu worries have local hospitals enacting temporary visitor restrictions
For the second time this month,officials from Genesis Medical Center and UnityPoint-Trinity are asking visitors to their facilities to voluntarily limit their visits if they believe they are sick due...
View ArticleMental Health Battle Between Bettendorf and Genesis Continues
BETTENDORF – There is a huge debate about whether another mental health facility is needed in the Quad City area now. A company called Strategic Behavioral Health is trying to build a mental health...
View ArticleQuad City experts say peak flu season is still weeks away
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Flu season has arrived in full force in the Quad Cities, but experts warn the worst is yet to come. Lisa Caffery, infection prevention coordinator at Genesis, says flu season...
View ArticleNewborn Babies in the QC Receive Hats from the American Heart Association
The "Little Hats, Big Hearts" Campaign made a stop in Davenport on Friday, January 26th. Volunteers with the American Heart Association passed out red hand-knitted hats to newborns at Genesis to...
View ArticleGenesis must pay $1.88 million to settle Medicare over-payment allegations
DAVENPORT, Iowa – Genesis Medical Center owes the United States government nearly $2 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act and has agreed to pay the money it owes from...
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