Tag: health care

For Xmas, Buba?s Got a Brand New Bag

Shopping for the person who has everything? Here are a few unique, high-end items available in Northwest Arkansas for last-minute Christmas gifts.

Hospice Moves Toward Goal

The 4th annual Circle of Life Hospice Voyage event has so far raised $116,500, a 25 percent increase over last year?s tallies of about $93,250.

River Valley Execs See Big Pay Increases

Seven of the 10 biggest public company executive pay increases from 2002 to 2003 happened for honchos from the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas.

Triumvirate Keeps NW On Course

Administrators of Northwest?s three local hospitals said there?s only one trend that matters: Helicopters used to take patients away from the Bentonville hospital. Now, they bring them there.

St. Mary?s Readies for Next Generation

Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas Inc. upgrades its information technology and work processes with its four-year Genesis Project.

Cooper Clinic Bids Farewell to ABCBS

Cooper Clinic P.A. of Fort Smith, the largest physician group in the state, disagrees with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield?s reimbursement rates, so Cooper?s contract lapsed on Sept. 30.

Area Faces Shortage of Hispanic Nurses

With only 71 registered Hispanic nurses now, Northwest Arkansas needs another 287 by next year, according to a September study.

NW Corridor Gains Beds, Services In Era of Hospital Super Projects

Combined Arkansas hospital construction is worth $592.6 million in projects and will add more than 1.6 million SF of new or upgraded space to the state?s health care infrastructure.

MCG Keeps Eye On Niche Business

Medical Consulting Group increases private pay practices? revenue and doctors? quality of life.

Surgeons Nix St. Bernards Partnership

Dr. Kenneth Tonymon and three other neurosurgeons relinquished their hospital privileges at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Wilson Shores Up St. Ed?s Surgeries

Monte Wilson, vice president of cardiology, imaging and surgical operations, has saved St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith a $500,000 by managing the hospital?s supply chain.

Northwest Med Partners Aging Analysis

New York?s International Longevity Center USA looks at Arkansas for aging trends.

St. Edward Mercy Medical Tops Hospital List

St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith is the region’s largest hospital.

Northwest Medical Loses Another Executive

A second high-profile executive leaves Northwest Medical System.

Hook, Line and Thinker

Don Tyson’s billfishing passion has spawned creativity and conservation.

HOPE Inc. Feeds Cancer Research

There are more than 174 clinical trials devoted to cancer research in Arkansas. Helping Oncology Patients Excel Inc., a nonprofit organization in Springdale, is trying to get even more off the ground.

USA Drug Heads for Evelyn Hills

Pine Bluff-based USA Drug filed paperwork with the Fayetteville Planning Office in mid-August saying it wants to build a 3,500-SF store in the northwest corner of the parking lot of Evelyn Hills shopping center.

Reality Check Starts Rebounds (John Harrison Newman Commentary)

John Harrison Newman writes about the benefits of facing one’s fears head on in business and in life.

ACCG Fosters Firms Via Funding Diversity

Fayetteville branch of Arkansas Capital Corp. Group readies for new digs, gets entrepreneurial advocate in Tim McFarland.

Beta-Rubicon Selects COO, New Board

Richard Huntsinger, former owner of Springdale?s Arkansas Surgical Supply, has been named Beta-Rubicon Inc.?s first chief operating officer.

Walmart likely to tap insiders for expected leadership changes

Dan Wright re-elected Arkansas Farm Bureau president

Arkansas Tourism Ticker: Tourism tax numbers down through August, job numbers up

Acres.com, ULI NWA establish partnership