The Trucking Alliance has preached driver safety for years, lobbying for electronic logging devices and hair testing drivers for illegal drug use. Now, the Alliance says it has some concrete and scary numbers to support its stance on hair testing.
Dr. William Stevenson, a family practitioner, has joined Mercy Family Medicine-Booneville.
The poverty rate in the United States dropped last year to 13.1%, down from 13.4% in 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau reported late last month. It was the fifth straight annual drop, according to American Community Survey estimates.
A medical marijuana dispensary set to open Friday in Conway will be the state's 10th legal outlet for cannabis, state officials said Wednesday, a day after an Alcoholic Beverage Control leader lamented the slow rollout of dispensaries. read more >
Arkansas Business' 2019 CFO of the Year finalists and Lifetime Achievement Award winners will be recognized at a luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock. read more >
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield President and CEO Curtis Barnett will be the keynote speaker of the Davis Family Lecture Series on Oct. 22 at the University of Central Arkansas College of Business. read more >
Dr. Ramon Ylanan, previously the head team physician for the Arkansas Razorbacks since 2012, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' orthopaedic clinical care practice in Fayetteville. read more >
Associate Dean Shannon Collier-Tenison has been named interim dean of the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
The Delta Regional Authority has invested $2.2 million in eight public infrastructure and workforce training projects. read more >
A doctor from southwest Arkansas has been arrested on charges of overprescribing opiates and other drugs. read more >
An apartment project, medical office building, workforce center and bank branch-office building all in Little Rock combine with a grocery store in Damascus to form this week's five-piece group of million-dollar transactions. read more >
Universal catastrophic coverage has been kicked around for decades, and it's the kind of thing that could have bipartisan appeal if given a chance. read more >
Christina Muñoz Madsen, a former TV news anchor and VP of marketing and public relations at the University of Central Arkansas, has been partnered with branding and marketing specialist Michelle Pugh of Conway for a little over a year. read more >
Steve Purtee has been promoted from city accountant to financial director for the city of Jonesboro. read more >
Natalie Clark has been hired as marketing and development coordinator by Ozark Mission Project of Little Rock. Hanna French has been hired as director of programs and communications. read more >
Walmart is rolling out a health care pilot program for its employees that will come up with a curated list of high quality providers but offer fewer choices than under the current plan. read more >
Northeast Arkansas children with heart defects now have full-time cardiologist Dr. Sam Lee to care for them at Arkansas Children's Hospital Jonesboro Clinic. read more >
Arkansas Secretary of Government Transformation and Shared Services Amy Fecher and Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams are among executives scheduled to speak as part of the 2020 Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy. read more >
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researcher receives a $1.7 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study the different ways smokers respond to emotional distress. read more >
Someday our federal lawmakers will have the luxury of turning their attention away from impeachment and back to matters of life and death. One of those is health insurance. read more >
Tori Jones is opening Eden Yoga & Salt Studio at 15400 Chenal Parkway, Suite 160, in west Little Rock on Oct. 15. read more >
Hospitals' bottom lines were hurt by flat patient volume, a shortage of nurses and the high cost of specialty drugs read more >
The idea of Americans scrolling through hospital websites to find the best deal on a mammogram or tonsillectomy sounds good to almost everybody. But the devil is in the details, and when federal plans emerged to force hospitals and insurers to reveal their negotiated rates for all kinds of medical services, the pitchforks came out. read more >
In the past few years, hospital expansions in Arkansas have captured the public's attention, but officials said the most important medical care usually happens well before a hospital visit. read more >
Spending on hospitals and physician services accounted for 53% of U.S. health spending in 2017. read more >
Walmart Inc. unveiled its first Walmart Health center in Georgia earlier this month, marking its latest expansion into health care services. read more >
Steven Webb, CEO of Unity Health, says the premature birth of his son led him to an understanding of the team nature of hospitals. read more >
Qualenta Forrest has been named vice president of human resources for the CHI St. Vincent health system. read more >
Walmart's Sam's Club is teaming up with several health care companies to offer discounts on everyday care its customers might delay or skip because of the cost. read more >
Arkansas officials have approved an average rate increase of about 2% next year for the four companies providing coverage through the state's health insurance exchange. read more >
Arkansas Children's announces $2.5 million in donations for its operations in Jonesboro, as it continues to promote the public launch of its $250 million fundraising campaign. read more >
Arkansas Children's announced on Wednesday announce a gift of $1.25 million to its dental sealant program as part of the ongoing statewide public launch of its $250 million Campaign for a Healthier Tomorrow. read more >
Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have received a $600,000 grant to study the Pulaski County Regional Crisis Stabilization Unit. read more >
