by Arkansas Business Editors 3/4/2013 12:00 am
The decision by Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius “is the first publicly announced expansion deal in the nation that would allow all of those earning up to 138 percent of poverty to buy private insurance with Medicaid dollars on the exchange.” Arkansas should go along.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 3/3/2013 02:05 pm
Republican legislators who had resisted expanding Medicaid in Arkansas say they're encouraged by a new plan that would allow funds from the federal-state program to purchase private insurance for the newly eligible, but say they need more details on how such a system would work.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/27/2013 12:17 am
Sam Alley, CEO of VCC in Little Rock, and Brian Itzkowitz, CEO of Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, won executive of the year awards at Tuesday's 25th annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, presented by Centennial Bank.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/25/2013 12:00 am
Business and politics in Arkansas and elsewhere are still dominated by men, and that fact is evident in the pages of Arkansas Business. Three years ago, we decided to make a special effort to highlight the fact that there are indeed “Women of Influence” in our midst, and in this issue we again set out to recognize 10 different women.
by Arkansas Business Editors 2/25/2013 12:00 am
We don't expect women to choose the business world as often as men to. Women face different choices in life. But when we look at the women and girls in our lives, let us make sure we are preparing them for the lives they choose.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/22/2013 09:52 am
Finalists have been named for the 25th annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards, presented by Centennial Bank and Arkansas Business and scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 26.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/18/2013 12:00 am
Once again, Arkansas Business is honoring the state's top executives, small businesses and nonprofits with the annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. You can meet each of this year's finalists right here.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 2/17/2013 05:08 pm
What happened to the Medicaid session? Despite all the talk before lawmakers gathered at the Arkansas Capitol that Medicaid's finances and future would overshadow just about every other issue, there's been scant attention paid to the $5 billion program and efforts to expand it under the federal health care law
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 2/11/2013 01:45 pm
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says he's opposed to delaying a vote on expanding Medicaid's eligibility until next year's session, but says he won't rush lawmakers on when to consider the issue. Beebe says he faces an uphill fight in getting the three-fourths vote needed for expansion to pass.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/11/2013 12:00 am
Jillian Oyler, Katie Hodges, Elizabeth Machen and Angela Connell have new jobs at Stone Ward advertising agency in Little Rock.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 2/10/2013 05:33 pm
Arkansas lawmakers are weighing competing ballot measures to address rulings that overturned parts of a 2003 tort reform law, including a proposal to give the Legislature the authority to write the rules and practices for the state's courts.
by Lance Turner 2/8/2013 01:37 pm
You can download the PDF of the complete state Division of Legislative Audit report on Arkansas' Medicaid program right here.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 2/6/2013 02:22 pm
An Arkansas Senate panel approved a measure Wednesday banning insurers participating in an exchange created under the health care law from covering most abortions, while the sponsor of legislation banning abortions 20 weeks into a pregnancy said he's facing resistance for it not exempting victims of rape or incest.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 2/4/2013 12:28 pm
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Bill Halter says Arkansas lawmakers have a chance to advance health care in the state as they weigh whether to expand Medicaid's eligibility under the federal health law.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/4/2013 12:00 am
Marty Moreno has been promoted to major account manager of XMC Inc. in Little Rock. Moreno formerly served as senior territory manager and worked in retail and restaurant management for 25 years before joining the company in 2007.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 1/31/2013 03:01 pm
Arkansas Medicaid officials say they're no longer proposing cuts to nursing home care and three other areas after lowering the program's expected shortfall to $61 million. The state Department of Human Services last year had predicted a $138 million shortfall in the program.
by Lance Turner 1/30/2013 01:34 pm
Power Technology Inc. of Little Rock has acquired Klastech GmbH, a German company that makes advanced diode pumped solid state lasers.
by Mark Friedman 1/29/2013 10:05 am
The Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation said Tuesday that it will give a total of $2 million for the Oral Health Clinic at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
by Mark Friedman 1/28/2013 12:00 am
The state Legislature's approval of the expansion of Medicaid to the 250,000 Arkansans who aren't on it is critical, says Dr. Dan Rahn, the chancellor of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
by Kate Knable 1/28/2013 12:00 am
Concerns over mental health services have spiked nationally since last month's school massacre in Connecticut, but mental health professionals in Arkansas say dealing with the mentally ill comes down to one thing: insurance.
State Treasurer Martha Shoffner Arrested for Extortion by FBI 
