by - January 11, 2017 12:49 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– HARPS FOODS, UAMS CREATE PROGRAM TO TEACH PHARMACISTS TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH PATIENTS Springdale-based…
by - January 9, 2017 10:40 am
Consumers under age 65 will likely see prescription drug costs rise 11.6% in 2017 on the heels of an 11.3% rise in 2016, according to consulting firm Segal. The Segal…
by - January 4, 2017 3:39 pm
Circle of Life Hospice has promoted Catherine Grubbs of Bentonville to chief executive officer and will replace former CEO Mary McKinney. Grubbs was chief operating officer for the Springdale-based nonprofit…
by - January 4, 2017 1:42 pm
Dr. Daniel Mwanza has been hired by Sparks Regional Medical Center to be a general surgeon at Surgical Associates of Fort Smith and Sparks Regional Medical Center. Mwanz, who grew…
by - January 4, 2017 12:12 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– CDC: NEW DATA SHOWS CONTINUING OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN THE U.S. Drug overdose deaths, including…
by - January 3, 2017 2:37 pm
A report by the Commonwealth Fund said the percentage of Arkansas adults who went without medical care because of the cost decreased in 2016. The report released Dec. 21 shows…
by - December 28, 2016 7:35 am
Elicia Dover with our content partner, KATV Channel 7, reports: The medical marijuana commission decided that applicants hoping to win one of the five available cultivation licenses will have to…
by - December 22, 2016 11:04 am
Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville is building a 20-bed rehabilitation center, allowing veterans to live onsite while undergoing substance abuse treatment. The $9.9 million project to…
by - December 21, 2016 3:24 pm
Editor’s note: Ancil Lea is the former coordinator for the Arkansas Office of Health Information Technology. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of…
by - December 21, 2016 7:46 am
Twenty-six Arkansas hospitals received more than $4.5 million in performance bonuses from Arkansas Medicaid and Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care. The bonuses were part of the annual Inpatient Quality Incentive…
by - December 21, 2016 6:47 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– WALGREENS PARENT TO SELL 865 RITE AID STORES TO FRED’S PHARMACY FOR $950 MILLION…
by - December 20, 2016 7:48 pm
The state initially will grant licenses to five marijuana cultivation facilities, one for each of its five public health regions, the newly formed Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission decided Tuesday. The…
by - December 19, 2016 12:09 pm
Mt. Carmel Community, a senior living community developer headquartered in Benton, is planning its third private-pay, assisted living development in Northwest Arkansas. The healthcare company has sent a certificate of…
by - December 19, 2016 10:14 am
In setting up the state’s system for medical marijuana, legislators are grappling with “about 135 issues, and that’s a real number” that must be clarified or modified through legislation, according…
by - December 15, 2016 7:47 pm
The Health Reform Legislative Task Force approved the final draft of a report that says the state will save at least $959 million in Medicaid costs over five years by…
by - December 14, 2016 8:03 pm
Legislators on Wednesday moved within one day of voting for a non-binding “road map” that the author estimates will save $963 million or more in Medicaid costs over five years….
by - December 14, 2016 7:59 pm
The backlog of overdue Medicaid applications has fallen from 146,000 in May to 8,912 today, with the rest hopefully resolved by the end of December, the director of the Arkansas…
by - December 14, 2016 3:30 pm
Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas gave $150,000 to support the community internal medicine residency program in Northwest Arkansas, according to a news release. The residency program is…
by - December 14, 2016 9:34 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– NEW REPORT DETAILS IMPACT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AHEAD OF FEDERAL ENROLLMENT DEADLINE…
by - December 13, 2016 6:20 pm
Additional funding for the state’s pre-kindergarten program could be found by a simple funds shift within the state Education Department budget, Sen. Uvalde Lindsey, D-Fayettevile, told a forum Tuesday (Dec….
