by Arkansas Business Staff 4/8/2013 12:00 am
We understand Baptist Health has reached an agreement in principle to buy the 26.7-acre Leisure Arts development at 5701 Ranch Road.
by Arkansas Business Editors 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Here's a date-by-date look at how Medicaid expansion perhaps came to Arkansas.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/8/2013 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas Community Design Center has received national accolades from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture for projects focused on housing design education and outreach efforts in Rwanda.
by Chris Bahn 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Gov. Mike Beebe signed into law on Thursday an act that allows employers to voluntarily give preference to veterans when hiring. HR managers are freed from concerns that by providing preference, they are violating hiring laws
by George Waldon 4/8/2013 12:00 am
A storage facility and a Dollar General Store in North Little Rock highlight recent property and real estate transactions in Pulaski County.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/8/2013 12:00 am
During Ray Montgomery's leadership of 24 years, White County Medical Center has acquired a local hospital, built a cancer center and undergone extensive facility improvements. Montgomery has served on the board of the American Hospital Association and now serves on the board of the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care.
by Mark Carter 4/5/2013 09:05 am
The Arkansas Senate last week gave its official blessing to the proposed $1.1 billion steel mill that Gov. Mike Beebe and state economic development officials want to see on the banks of the Mississippi River just outside Osceola.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/4/2013 02:55 pm
Health Management Associates of Naples, Fla., said Thursday that it will open a new service center in Fort Smith, employing 500 at an annual payroll of $21 million.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/4/2013 07:51 am
A proposal aimed at eliminating public funding for Planned Parenthood won the support of an Arkansas Senate committee Wednesday, a move that the group warned could cut off money to doctors, domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers.
by Gwen Moritz 4/3/2013 08:30 pm
A federal grand jury in Little Rock charged Lile with two counts of embezzlement associated with some $300,000 worth of personal expenses charged to his defunct former employer, Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Co.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/3/2013 02:31 pm
A proposal to use federal dollars to purchase private insurance for low-income Arkansas residents won the approval of a state Senate committee Wednesday, as the idea gained favor among Republicans who have opposed Medicaid expansion.
by Lance Turner 4/3/2013 11:09 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences says Dr. Debra Fiser, dean of its College of Medicine, will step down as dean April 30 to return full time to the Department of Pediatrics.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/2/2013 11:45 am
Gov. Mike Beebe's office says it has received a letter from the federal government expressing "conceptual support" for his plan to use Medicaid dollars to buy private health insurance for the state's poorer residents.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/1/2013 12:00 am
The Sparks Health System's Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center has been honored with the Center of Distinction award by Healogics Inc., one of the largest wound-care providers in the United States.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/1/2013 12:00 am
Dennis Wilson of Bentonville has been promoted to the position of associate by BRR Architecture. Also: More promotions and job changes from other industries throughout Arkansas.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 3/31/2013 06:32 pm
As Arkansas lawmakers approach what could be the final weeks of this year's session, it's becoming clearer that proposals to expand health insurance to low-income workers and to cut $100 million in taxes are colliding.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/29/2013 11:36 am
As Arkansas Business prepares for the 20th anniversary of its annual 40 Under 40 feature, we are asking to hear from all past honorees in a special survey.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 3/28/2013 09:52 am
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce is backing a proposal to expand health insurance to thousands of low-income residents by purchasing private coverage with federal Medicaid funds.
by Mark Friedman 3/27/2013 03:57 pm
A study released Wednesday showed Arkansas' health care workers aren't going to rural areas of the state. The report found there was a 4 percent shortage in the state of primary care providers. There was a 38 percent oversupply of them in the central part of the state while there was a 33 percent shortage in southwest Arkansas.
by Gwen Moritz 3/25/2013 12:00 am
This week Arkansas Business premieres a new list of the state's highest-paid nonprofit employees, which reveals that nonprofit hospital executives and physicians can be well-paid.
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