by - February 8, 2018 4:26 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced on Thursday (Feb. 8) that she will investigate complaints about reimbursement rates between pharmacy benefits manager, CVS Caremark, and Arkansas pharmacies. In a statement,…
by - February 8, 2018 6:41 am
A bill passed Tuesday by the U.S. House of Representatives and a Wednesday budget deal by Senate leaders both included funding for community health centers that have faced an uncertain…
by - February 5, 2018 7:55 pm
Spending on Medicaid in Arkansas is $405 million less than baseline projections since the beginning of fiscal year 2017, half through so-called “transformation” efforts and half because of an improving…
by - February 5, 2018 12:10 pm
Healthy Active Arkansas (HAA), a nonprofit seeking to increase the number of Arkansans at a healthy weight, has launched a new website, called healthyactive.org. The website was unveiled Monday (Feb….
by - February 4, 2018 3:56 pm
While the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is alive and well for one more year, the Republican-led tax reform legislation has effectively dismantled it starting in 2019…
by - February 4, 2018 10:01 am
Senate President Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, said he believes the votes for Arkansas Works will be found in the upcoming fiscal session and prospects for a special session to deal with…
by - January 28, 2018 2:28 pm
The state’s pharmacists say they are losing money on average for every prescription they fill for patients covered by health insurance exchange plans administered by Blue Cross and Ambetter since…
by - January 25, 2018 11:00 am
Conway Regional Health System has announced the hiring of Marcus Elliott as its director of corporate health services. Elliott will serve as the health system’s representative to community employers and…
by - January 25, 2018 6:44 am
Poteau, Okla.-based Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center will serve as a clinical rotation facility for students at Fort Smith-based Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM). Rrotations will begin in July 2019…
by - January 24, 2018 5:37 pm
The state of Arkansas will investigate and possibly take action against opioid manufacturers if it determines they behaved unlawfully in worsening the state’s prescription drug problem, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge…
by - January 22, 2018 6:31 pm
Medical technology company SFC Fluidics has been awarded a matching grant from JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) to fund development of a disposable, miniaturized automated insulin delivery (AID) device. Under…
by - January 21, 2018 3:42 pm
The Bariatric & Metabolic Institute at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock just celebrated its inaugural year of operation completing roughly 200 surgical procedures designed to help diabetics like Todd…
by - January 17, 2018 3:28 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart has partnered with a DisposeRX, a startup founded in 2015 aimed at safer and convenient disposal of Class II prescriptions such as opioids. Wal-Mart said it chose…
by - January 16, 2018 6:23 pm
The Daughters of Charity Services of Arkansas, DCSA will receive part of a $2 million grant to help with technical assistance in the areas of finance, operations, technology, and quality…
by - January 16, 2018 4:16 pm
About 150 people who were exposed to measles in the Little Rock area last week aren’t expected to get it if they’ve had laboratory confirmed illness, were vaccinated or born…
by - January 16, 2018 10:47 am
Most of the candidates running for the Legislature’s three open seats support Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Arkansas Works program, which uses federal dollars under Obamacare to purchase private health insurance for…
by - January 14, 2018 10:01 pm
The matriarch of one of the most influential families in the healthcare industry in Northeast Arkansas has passed away. Laura Jean Shemwell Clopton, 86, died Wednesday (Jan. 10) at St…
by - January 12, 2018 4:06 pm
Six startup companies in the healthcare industry will get a financial boost from the Health InnovatAR program, a collaboration between Winrock International, Arkansas Heart Hospital, BioVentures and the University of…
by - January 11, 2018 7:48 am
The Trump administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent a guidance to state Medicaid directors that aligns with part of Arkansas’ request for a waiver for its Arkansas…
by - January 10, 2018 2:27 pm
Little Rock-based Arkansas Heart Hospital has added to its statewide network with the acquisition of the Malvern Diagnostic Clinic. Financial terms were not disclosed in a news release sent Wednesday…
