Tag: health care

Bottom Line Changes for Ogden

For Gregg Ogden, the bottom line had always been the company?s sales figures at the end of the day. When he began to square off with death, Ogden searched for a more significant bottom line.

TrestleTree Sprouts Savings Via Webcam

TrestleTree Inc., a self-described ?health transformation company? in Fayetteville, has initiated a national rollout that it predicts can save corporate America $5 billion by 2010.

Wal-Mart Resumes Sales of Cajun Crawfish Tails

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pulled Chinese shrimp and crawfish from its shelves in three states after tests found chloramphenicol, an antibiotic that was banned in the United States a decade ago.

Business Journal Honors 40 Under 40

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is pleased to present its sixth annual ?40-Under-40? list of top executives throughout Northwest Arkansas. This annual list recognizes and profiles the region?s up-and-comers under the age of 40.

Area?s Businesses Expand

New businesses are popping up in Fayetteville and surrounding communities.

Former Defense Lawyers Switch Sides

After years of defending nursing homes, David Couch and M. Darren O?Quinn have formed Couch O?Quinn PLLC, a practice which will focus on nursing home litigation.

Lawyers Switch Sides in Nursing Home Cases

Robert Glasgow has almost abandoned the product liability defense work that he enjoys and is spending most of his time defending nursing homes sued by the Wilkes & McHugh law firm or one of its imitators.

Northwest Health Merger Focuses on Women

Effective July 1, Northwest Health System replaced Medisphere Inc. of Nashville, Tenn., in managing Willow Creek Women?s Hospital.

Business Journal Editor Joins New Orleans Staff

Elisabeth Butler, an assistant and associate editor with the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal for the last two years, has accepted a position with New Orleans CityBusiness in Louisiana.

Piano Bar Slated for Dickson

William and Don Ray of Little Rock are renovating a 2,400-SF section of the Three Sisters Building at 216 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville and plan to open a piano bar there by the second weekend in August.

‘Dr. Bob’ Helped More Than Patients

Dr. Robert H. McCollum was remembered as a family doctor in the truest sense following his death June 15.

CommunityCare Pours $2.4M into NW Arkansas

In addition to the more than $1.6 million that CommunityCare Foundation Inc. awarded to 24 local agencies, the nonprofit organization invested another $821,538 into existing special projects.

Beverly Nominations Elected

All of the candidates nominated for Beverly Enterprises’ board of directors were elected at the company’s annual meeting.

First Hour Essential After Heart Attack

At the first sign of a possible heart attack, get to a hospital immediately.

HIPAA-hooray!

Despite initial compliance expense, health groups see potential in regulations.

Mental Health System Inadequate for Patients

Arkansas? mentally ill are trapped in a vicious cycle of federal regulations, legal requirements and limited resources.

Nurses Pick Rich, Elderly

Amid a shortage of health care professionals, some nurses have returned to the hospitals ? this time in private-duty roles.

Walkers Make Donation to Butterfield Trail Village

The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation on May 16 donated $10,000 to the Butterfield Trail Village Foundation.

Norwood Leaves Heart Association

Angela Norwood resigned from her job with the American Heart Association on May 8.

California Investigating Beverly for Criminal Charges

In it’s first-quarter filing, Beverly Enterprises Inc. announced that the State of California authorities are investigating the company for possible criminal charges.

A-State to host annual agribusiness conference

ACME brick yard planning part of Fort Smith Board study session

J.B. Hunt, P.A.M. expected to post Q4 earnings increase

Fort Smith receives almost $25 million for Bass Reeves trail system