Tag: health care

Natural State Healing Arts Offers Chiropractics And Oriental Medicine

Oriental therapies coupled with chiropractic can help a lot of people toward wellness.

Triad Forms New Division

Triad Hospitals Inc. announced on May 23 that it?s starting a new division that will concentrate on the health care system?s rural hospitals.

Bradley?s Been Around

A little bit of history about Bill Bradley, Northwest Health System?s CEO.

Bradley Beams About New Digs

Bill Bradley, CEO of Northwest Health System Inc., 50, has a reason to be giddy. Plus, the list of the region’s nursing homes and hospitals by net income.

Willow Not Weeping

The latest on the possible expansion at Willow Creek Women?s Hospital is that two office buildings totaling 40,000 SF will be constructed on the Johnson campus by February.

Vista Views Fort Smith

Harbor View Mercy Hospital of Fort Smith is in the process of being sold to Texarkana Behavioral Associates, which owns Vista Health in Fayetteville.

Mercy Health System Offers Laserscope Cosmetic Treatments

Laserscope cosmetic treatments are now available at the Rogers Medical Center.

PBMs Accused of Gouging Drug Prices

Pharmacy benefit managers, who process payments between pharmacies and health benefit plans, either have saved their clients millions or run up the price of prescription drugs.

Sparks Trims Staff, Builds on Strengths

The recent elimination of 170 positions at Sparks Regional Medical Center isn?t so much about losing money, but spending it where the community needs it most.

WRMC Continues to Add to New Facility

As it turns out, the new $89 million, 345,000-SF Washington Regional Medical Center was just the tip of the construction iceberg for the Fayetteville-based hospital.

Air Evac Provides Emergency Helicopter Service for Area

Between Dec. 1 and April 30, Air Evac Lifestream of Springfield, Mo., received 123 calls for emergency assistance in Benton, Washington and Carroll counties.

Despite Losses, Analysts Give Beverly CEO Thumbs Up

Floyd strives to turn around Fort Smith company after it racked up $1B in debt, teetered on the edge.

Cardiologist Pumps Dreams Into Program at St. Mary?s

St. Mary?s Hospital began offering open heart surgery last year, and the opportunity to start the program drew cardiologist Jeffrey Werner to Rogers two years ago.

Local Hearts Get Drug-Coated Stents

St. Mary’s Hospital in Rogers was the first Northwest Arkansas hospital to use a new drug-coated stent, just days after the Food and Drug Administration approved it for the treatment of blocked coronary arteries.

WRMC Reaches Out for Neonatal Intensive Care

Washington Regional Medical Center, Arkansas Children?s Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are collaborating to make the WRMC Neonatal Intensive Care Unit an extension or satellite of ACH.

Triad CFO Heads for Conflict in Iraq

The chief financial officer for Dallas-based Triad Hospitals Inc. has been recalled to temporary active duty with the United States Marine Corps.

Business Steps Up in a Heartbeat

Three thousand volunteers are expected to stomp all over heart disease on March 29 at the ?Who Will You Walk For?? Sixth Annual Heart Walk and 5-K Run which begins at the University of Arkansas? Bud Walton Arena.

Hilltop Nursing Center Tops Bed and Profit List

Hilltop Nursing Center in Harrison is the highest-earning nursing home in Northwest Arkansas with 154 beds and a reported net income of $1.1 million or $7,211 per bed.

Beverly Enterprises Reports $91M Loss

The Fort Smith-based nursing home company, Beverly Enterprises, reported a $91 million loss or 87 cents per share diluted for the fourth quarter of 2002.

Income Jumps 264% for Triad Hospitals

Dallas-based Triad Hospitals Inc. reported on Feb. 24 that revenue increased by 10.6 percent for the three months ended Dec. 31.

UA Little Rock names new vice chancellor

‘Resilience’ is agriculture’s keyword for 2025

Tenneco to shutter operations in Paragould

Arkansas rice crop may have lowest milling yield ever in 2024