by - July 30, 2013 7:35 pm
So what happens to the planned Health Management Associates (HMA) regional service center and its 500-plus jobs now that the company is being acquired by a much larger hospital operator?…
by - July 30, 2013 7:49 am
Health Management Associates, the parent company of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren, is being acquired by Community Health Systems, according to a…
by - July 29, 2013 11:07 am
David Rothenberger has been named the chief financial officer for Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren. Both hospitals are operated by Naples, Fla.-based…
by - June 25, 2013 2:56 pm
New York City-based Glenview Capital Management turned up the heat Tuesday (June 25) as it called for all new board members of Health Management Associates, the parent company of Sparks…
by - May 23, 2013 6:07 pm
That didn’t last long. Gary Blan stepped down as CEO of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren less than three months after being…
by - April 22, 2013 11:11 am
Richard Boone, the chief financial officer of Sparks Health System, has been promoted to operations/finance for the Southern and Western Group of Health Management Associates facilities. This new role includes…
by - March 22, 2013 3:19 pm
The Sparks Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center at Sparks Health System in Fort Smith has earned a Center of Distinction award from Healogics Inc., the largest provider of advanced wound…
by - March 13, 2013 6:29 pm
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates has selected a veteran hospital administrator as the new CEO for Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren. Blan,…
by - February 14, 2013 5:31 pm
Health Management Associates saw its full year revenue rise by more than 15%, but net income for the year came in at $164.27 million, down 8% compared to the previous…
by - February 4, 2013 1:34 pm
Sparks Health System is one of 75 hospitals around the country selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to participate in a “Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative”…
by - January 31, 2013 2:56 pm
Bob Dornblaser has been named the director of managed care at Sparks PremierCare, the doctor’s group for Sparks Health System. Dornblaser received his juris doctorate from the University of Arkansas…
by - December 6, 2012 4:24 pm
Sparks Regional Medical Center is now a member of the network of hospitals participating in Arkansas’ statewide trauma system. Sparks is among 19 Arkansas hospitals designated as a Level III…
by - November 28, 2012 6:21 pm
The search will soon begin for a new top hospital boss at Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren. Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates…
by - November 1, 2012 4:36 pm
Dr. Juston Evenson, the medical director of Sparks Health System’s anesthesia department, was named South Division Anesthesia Medical Director of the Year for 2012 by EmCare. Sparks Health System contracts…
by - October 22, 2012 5:29 pm
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates reported Monday (Oct. 22) that its third quarter net income was $41.344 million, down slightly from the $43.728 million in the same period of 2011….
by - October 10, 2012 6:06 pm
The CEO of Sparks Health System and the hospital system have recently received recognition. CEO Melody Trimble was named Administrator of the Year award at the annual Arkansas Hospital Auxiliary…
by - September 7, 2012 5:39 pm
Cooper Clinic CEO Doug Babb shed light on the organization’s shifting relationships with Sparks Regional Medical Center and Mercy Hospital at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce First Friday…
by - August 28, 2012 11:15 am
Twelve years. That was the time George Berger and John Jones of Springdale, Ark., had shared before that fateful Sunday morning. Jones, 40, had come inside from the yard and…
by - July 26, 2012 6:32 pm
Sparks Health System, a division of Health Management Associates (HMA), will join the more than 300 locations nationwide in moving to a cloud-based records management system. HMA announced last week…
by - July 26, 2012 5:57 pm
Drs. Nuttha Ungnapatanin and David Miller are set to join Sparks Health System. Ungnapatanin specializes in treating thyroid disease, endocrine conditions and osteoporosis. Beginning Aug. 13, she will be available…
