by - August 4, 2018 10:38 am
Three years ago, Little Rock-based healthcare organization Arkansas Children’s announced plans to build a new pediatric hospital in Springdale with the help of local donations and community support totaling $80…
by - August 3, 2018 9:43 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson offered a steady dose of good news concerning the state’s healthcare marketplace on Friday (Aug. 3), highlighted by new year-ending data showing Medicaid spending in Arkansas in…
by - August 3, 2018 2:18 pm
Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield has requested insurance rate increases of 4.4% for 2019 on its two plans covering individuals through the health insurance marketplace, while other state insurers…
by - August 1, 2018 5:36 pm
Charleston, S.C.-based EPI Group has acquired Fort Smith-based Peachtree Hospice and will pull Peachtree under its Heart of Hospice operations in eastern Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Terms of the deal…
by - August 1, 2018 4:07 pm
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission is accelerating the timeline to receive offers from prospective third-party contractors to score and review more than 200 medical marijuana dispensary applications, according to bid…
by - August 1, 2018 2:12 pm
Little Rock nonprofit Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) announced Wednesday (Aug.1) the hiring of Daniel J. Riley as chief financial officer. Riley spent the past 18 years as CFO…
by - July 31, 2018 3:06 pm
Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas (MANA), an independent physician group, recently started construction on a 3,887-square-foot urgent care clinic in Fayetteville. MANA Urgent Care clinic at 1673 N. College Ave….
by - July 26, 2018 2:29 pm
EZ Spanish Media of Springdale was recognized Thursday (July 26) for its continued efforts to raise funds for Arkansas Children’s Northwest in Springdale. Over the past nine years annual radiothons…
by - July 26, 2018 2:16 pm
Growing up in Alabama and taking educational and occupational rides through Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and New York, new UAMS Chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson considers his new post in Arkansas…
by - July 26, 2018 6:51 am
The state Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC), after long debate and lots of questions, gave the green light Wednesday (July 25) for state procurement officials to hire a third-party contractor to…
by - July 25, 2018 2:29 pm
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on Arkansas’ efforts to implement voter-approved medical marijuana. Link here for the first report. –––––––––––––––––––– Many states like Arkansas that…
by - July 24, 2018 9:22 pm
An organization, The Citizens for Healthcare in Dunklin County, will ask voters in the southern Missouri county to approve a sales and property tax increase to pay for a new…
by - July 24, 2018 7:51 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Arkansas’ ongoing efforts to implement voter-approved medical marijuana. ––––––––––––––––– When Arkansas voters took the step to legalize medical marijuana…
by - July 19, 2018 2:46 pm
A legislative panel on Thursday (July 19) approved emergency rules allowing the state Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) to hire an independent consulting firm to review and score more than 200…
by - July 19, 2018 10:17 am
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock has received a $450,000 federal grant that will go toward a new telemedicine program to provide care and services to…
by - July 18, 2018 3:36 pm
For the third time in less than 10 years, Sparks Health System will have a new owner. Little Rock-based Baptist Health System has agreed to acquire the Fort Smith hospital…
by - July 17, 2018 3:04 pm
Springdale-based healthcare technology startup Now Diagnostics developed the first blood-based pregnancy test to be sold over the counter in Europe. Now Diagnostics, which develops fast, simple diagnostics tests, recently shipped…
by - July 16, 2018 3:12 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is participating in a 20-state lawsuit seeking to end the Affordable Care Act. Filed in February, the suit says the law, otherwise known as Obamacare,…
by - July 14, 2018 7:00 am
More than 7,000 of the 279,602 Arkansans benefiting from the state’s Arkansas Works program did not satisfy its work requirement in June. They face losing coverage if they continue to…
by - July 13, 2018 9:30 am
The Medical Center of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has become certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission, according to the UAMS. The Joint Commission…
