Dan Rahn: Expanding Medicaid Critical for UAMS

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Dan Rahn: Expanding Medicaid Critical for UAMS

by Mark Friedman on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 12:00 am

Michael Pirnique

Chancellor Dan Rahn says the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is continuing to explore a strategic partnership with St. Vincent Health System to trim expenses.

Michael Pirnique

The average number of visits per month to UAMS’ ER has jumped from 4,500 in fiscal 2011 to more than 5,000 this fiscal year.

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Another revenue source will come from dental services. At the end of the month, UAMS will open the UAMS Oral Health Clinic. The center is working toward accreditation for postgraduate residency programs in advanced general dentistry and oral surgery.

The program seeks to have students in dental schools outside of Arkansas provide care in the clinic by next year.

A full dental school at UAMS still is about eight to 10 years away, Rahn said.

That is, of course, if the money is available for the project, he said.