by - March 11, 2020 10:55 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Arkansas has identified its first “presumptive” COVID-19 case. The patient, a resident of Pine Bluff, is in isolation and preliminary testing has been forwarded to the…
by - March 11, 2020 9:30 am
HealthTech Arkansas and PwC Singapore will be cooperating to bring HealthTech portfolio companies and supported startups of the PwC Singapore’s Venture Hub to Arkansas to work with the 11 Arkansas…
by - March 11, 2020 9:21 am
UAMS HealthNow has begun offering free screenings for all Arkansans who have questions about whether they may have the coronavirus. UAMS HealthNow is the 24-hour digital connection to health care…
by - March 10, 2020 3:10 pm
Walmart, one of the nation’s largest employers with more than 1.4 million U.S. workers, is reporting that a store worker in Cynthiana, Ky., has tested positive for the coronavirus, though…
by - March 10, 2020 2:55 pm
Kim Miller, a former registered nurse, has been named incoming president of Baptist Health Western Region, which includes hospitals in Fort Smith and Van Buren and associated clinics in western…
by - March 9, 2020 3:10 pm
Arkansas health officials are working with the state’s hospitals and nursing homes to guard against an outbreak of coronavirus, the groups said in a joint press conference on Monday (March…
by - March 8, 2020 5:56 pm
Several national reports include Arkansas in one of the most underserved regions in the nation in terms of healthcare. This quality of life issue led to the founding of the…
by - March 8, 2020 9:44 am
As the coronavirus spreads in parts of the world and is contained in others, there is growing consensus that things will still get worse before they get better. Economist Mervin…
by - March 5, 2020 4:11 pm
Conway-based Nabholz Corp. recently paid the city of Springdale for a commercial building permit valued at $14 million. The company is using the permit to start the construction of an…
by - March 4, 2020 3:58 pm
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr is resigning from his post effective March 27, 2020, Talk Business & Politics has confirmed. Kerr said he is leaving his post to pursue opportunities…
by - March 2, 2020 7:06 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received a three-year, $960,000 grant to help teens to make healthy decisions by providing tools and resources to prevent pregnancy, sexually…
by - February 28, 2020 1:55 pm
No Arkansans have been infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus, but one person as of Friday (Feb. 28) was identified as meeting the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention criteria,…
by - February 28, 2020 12:21 pm
Arkansans for Healthy Eyes filed a lawsuit Friday (Feb. 28) alleging that Safe Surgery Arkansas failed to meet requirements of state petition law and misled voters in collecting signatures in…
by - February 25, 2020 9:45 am
Baptist Health Urgent Care opened Monday (Feb. 24) at 14524 Cantrell Road in west Little Rock. The center is open seven days a week and offers evening hours during the…
by - February 25, 2020 9:40 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $147,000 grant from the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas to expand a program to fight opioid addiction…
by - February 24, 2020 7:37 pm
A single State Senate primary race in Northeast Arkansas may have long-term ramifications in healthcare policy moving forward and it lured Gov. Asa Hutchinson to campaign Monday (Feb. 24) in…
by - February 21, 2020 4:02 pm
While it’s been known for a month that the U.S. Supreme Court would hear a major case regarding pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), a date has now been set for oral…
by - February 20, 2020 6:02 pm
Rural Arkansas hospitals have fared better than those in surrounding states because of the state’s expansion of the Medicaid population, but they face increasing financial pressures that could lead to…
by - February 20, 2020 5:32 pm
A partnership between Mercy Fort Smith and Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) will bring a new residency program to Mercy and an annual $23 million economic boost to the…
by - February 18, 2020 4:22 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently received $2.3 million from the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to compensate facilities across the state providing opioid use disorder patients…
