by Mark Friedman 10/2/2017 12:00 am
The recent announcement by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Baptist Health of Little Rock that they would partner on clinical and academic efforts might be the beginning of a long-term collaboration.
by Arkansas Business Staff 8/9/2017 3:25 pm
The University of Arkansas System says that the two finalists to become the next chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have withdrawn from consideration.
by Mark Friedman 8/7/2017 12:00 am
Between fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2017, a more typical compensation increase for Arkansas university administrators was between 10 and 20 percent.
by Arkansas Business Staff 7/12/2017 3:35 pm
Tim Hill, vice chancellor for regional campuses at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has been named the system's chief operating officer.
by Arkansas Business Staff 7/11/2017 1:39 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences honored retiring Chancellor Dan Rahn on Tuesday by dedicating an education building on the north side of campus as the Daniel W. Rahn Interprofessional Education Building.
by Arkansas Business Staff 7/3/2017 12:00 am
Dr. Dan Rahn retires as chancellor of UAMS on July 31, nearly eight years after replacing Dr. I Dodd Wilson.
by Arkansas Business Staff 6/30/2017 11:34 am
University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt names Stephanie F. Gardner, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, as interim UAMS chancellor.
by Arkansas Business Staff 6/29/2017 10:34 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on Thursday announced the selection of two finalists for chancellor.
by Sarah Campbell-Miller 6/8/2017 10:10 am
White River Health System and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences announce an affiliation agreement.
by Arkansas Business Staff 5/15/2017 12:00 am
Dr. Dan Rahn and Dr. Robert Hopkins Jr. of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock have been awarded Mastership in the American College of Physicians, the national organization of internists.
by Mark Friedman 1/9/2017 12:00 am
With Obamacare in critical condition, Arkansas hospital officials are closely watching Washington while warning that it’s too early to predict an outcome.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/7/2016 12:00 am
Over the past seven years, University of Arkansas for Medical Science Chancellor Dr. Dan Rahn has led the state’s flagship hospital and medical school to previously unknown levels of excellent patient care and sound financial management. And he’s done it in an era of unparalleled change in the American health care industry.
by Mark Friedman 9/26/2016 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has corrected a contract that for nearly eight years gave a private company the exclusive right to market UAMS’ intellectual property and resulted in no royalty payments for UAMS.
by Arkansas Business Staff 9/21/2016 11:27 am
The National Institutes of Health awards UAMS a $41.8 million grant to oversee a pediatric clinical trial network.
by Arkansas Business Staff 9/19/2016 11:00 am
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Chancellor Dan Rahn says he will retire July 31.
by Arkansas Business Staff 9/2/2016 11:18 am
Dennis G. Smith, former head of Medicaid under President George W. Bush, will become a visiting faculty member at UAMS and senior adviser for Medicaid and Health Care Reform for the state Department of Human Services.
by Sarah Campbell-Miller 8/31/2016 11:45 am
Arkansas has signed a memorandum of understanding to extend its partnership with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) in Jefferson County.
by Sarah Campbell-Miller 7/4/2016 12:00 am
One argument against managed care organizations is that the state of Arkansas has already implemented many of the cost-saving methods in its Medicaid programs that managed care organizations use.
by Sarah Campbell-Miller 7/4/2016 12:00 am
Health care professionals in Arkansas are voicing skepticism that bringing managed care organizations into the state-run Medicaid program will stem the rising costs of government-provided health care.
by Marty Cook 7/4/2016 12:00 am
Eric Pianalto, president of Mercy Northwest Arkansas, says big investments, such as the one his hospital is making, are critical if health care providers are going to have any hope of keeping up with the demands of the region.