by - March 29, 2018 10:46 pm
Walmart Inc. told Talk Business & Politics the company does not “comment on rumors and speculation,” but rumors of a possible acquisition of insurance provider Humana by the world’s largest…
by - March 29, 2018 7:42 pm
The state of Arkansas is suing three opioid manufacturers saying they deceived doctors and patients and caused the state to pay for unnecessary Medicaid claims, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced…
by - March 29, 2018 12:06 pm
Dallas-based healthcare provider Everest Rehabilitation Hospitals officially announced Thursday (March 29) its intention to build a $23 million physical rehabilitation hospital in Rogers. The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal first reported…
by - March 27, 2018 4:50 pm
Jefferson Regional Medical Center (JRMC) announced Tuesday (March 27) that it is joining the Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Nursery Alliance in a move that will directly coordinate care between neonatologists…
by - March 27, 2018 4:39 pm
Arkansas Children’s Northwest opened its doors four weeks ago and administrators have spent the past two months working with regulators on pending accreditation required for Medicaid and Medicare payments. Trisha…
by - March 26, 2018 2:41 pm
An attorney representing Arkansas’ cities and counties in a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers says the plaintiffs probably would need to recover “somewhere in the billions” to help pay for the…
by - March 26, 2018 12:43 pm
Washington Regional Medical Center announced a partnership with Streamline Health Solutions to help manage its operations via a new cloud-based automated pre-bill coding analysis technology system dubbed Streamline Health eValuator….
by - March 26, 2018 12:40 pm
Mercy will open a 14,000-square-foot clinic on Wednesday (March 28) after a blessing 10 a.m. Tuesday (March 27) at 4100 S.W. I St. in Bentonville. The $7.7 million Mercy Clinic…
by - March 23, 2018 7:31 pm
A March 21 ruling by Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen that essentially halted the implementation of medical marijuana use in Arkansas has been appealed to the Arkansas Supreme…
by - March 22, 2018 1:48 pm
Northwest Arkansas continues to have a booming healthcare market. The newest example, potentially, is a 41,000-square-foot rehabilitation hospital in Rogers. According to large-scale development plans submitted to the city for…
by - March 21, 2018 8:04 pm
Advocates for Arkansas’ emerging medical marijuana industry are in a quandary over what it will now take to get the voter-approved amendment off the ground following a Pulaski County Circuit…
by - March 21, 2018 1:45 pm
Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen on Wednesday (March 21) declared the state Medical Marijuana Commission’s process of scoring and awarding Arkansas’ first highly-prized licenses to five pot cultivators…
by - March 15, 2018 5:51 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed legislation authorizing the Insurance Department to license and regulate pharmacy benefit managers Thursday, comparing the action to President Theodore Roosevelt’s efforts to prevent monopolies and trusts…
by - March 15, 2018 10:04 am
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Professor Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., has been awarded $11.3 million in federal funds over five years to launch the Center For Musculoskeletal Disease Research….
by - March 14, 2018 7:08 pm
The Arkansas children’s uninsured rate fell to 4.1% last year thanks in part to Arkansas’ version of the Affordable Care Act. Marquita Little, health policy director with Arkansas Advocates for…
by - March 14, 2018 6:18 pm
St. Bernards Medical Center began in a two bedroom house at the corner of Church Street and Matthews Avenue almost 120 years ago. The property still has a hospital on…
by - March 14, 2018 5:24 pm
A much-anticipated meeting by the state Medical Marijuana Commission was postponed Wednesday (March 14) after Pulaski County Judge Wendell Griffen issued a temporary restraining order preventing the regulatory panel from…
by - March 14, 2018 3:24 pm
The University of Central Arkansas and Conway Regional Health System announced a partnership Wednesday (March 14) to address shortages in the number of registered nurses. The Conway Regional Health Foundation…
by - March 13, 2018 5:15 pm
A sixth place runner-up for a medical marijuana cultivation center in Garland County hopes an economic impact study of benefits to the region may persuade state officials to add at…
by - March 13, 2018 4:44 pm
Springdale-based Northwest Health has completed a $3.7 million expansion of its behavioral health unit (BHU). The 5,679-square-foot project added 18 beds for acute care to the existing 29 beds. “Our…
