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Mountaire Corp. Reclaims Top Spot Among Arkansas’ Largest Private Companies
Nineteen Arkansas-based private companies topped $1 billion in revenue in 2024. That's two more than the previous year. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
St. Vincent Medical Group Avoids $500M Penalty Under Amended Patient Right-to-Know Law
The law was changed as St. Vincent Medical Group faced two lawsuits involving Dr. Leslie Anderson of Lonoke, who was terminated without cause from the practice in 2019 and claimed he wasn’t able to notify his patients about the change. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
ARcare Buys Polk Pharmacy in Lonoke County
Nonprofit health care provider ARcare of Augusta acquires Polk Pharmacy in England, Arkansas. read more >
Talayia Johnson Moves Up At UA-PTC (Movers & Shakers)
She is moving from interim to permanent dean of the School of Sciences, Mathematics & Allied Health read more >
Our House Embarks on $16M Expansion
The project received board approval in 2019 but was delayed by the pandemic. read more >
Chad Bradford To Lead Theatre At UCA (Movers & Shakers)
recently served as associate artistic director and founding company member at Shake on the Lake Theatre Company of New York. read more >
Inductees Announced for Insurance Hall of Fame (Movers & Shakers)
Jim Bailey, Robbi Davis, Thomas Sanders, the late Greg Standridge and Wayne White have been inducted into the 2021 class of the Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame. read more >
Mobley Moves to ARcare (Movers & Shakers)
Jamie Mobley has joined ARcare of Augusta as senior vice president of marketing, overseeing the health care network’s brand in Arkansas, Mississippi and Kentucky. read more >
ARcare CEO Steven Collier Ready to Adapt with Whatever Washington Puts in Place
Dr. Steven Collier founded what is now ARcare in 1986, a company with nearly 700 employees and 46 clinics serving 13 counties in Arkansas and eight counties in Kentucky. read more >
Reverse Engineering Offers a Solution to Ransomware
Experts say the best way to avoid being a victim of ransomware is to prevent it with the right policies and procedures. read more >
Online Ransom Demands Threaten Businesses in Arkansas
Computer crimes using “ransomware,” malware that encrypts files then demands payment to unlock them, are growing in number and sophistication and are increasingly being seen in Arkansas. read more >
Delta Region Health Care Providers Get $1.75M in Grants
ARcare and the Greater Delta Alliance for Health Inc. are getting $1.7 million in grant funding to reduce chronic diseases that disproportionately affect Arkansas residents. read more >
Ghulam Khaleel Joins CHI St. Vincent Neurology Clinic (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Ghulam M. Khaleel has begun practicing at CHI St. Vincent Neurology Clinic-Little Rock. Khaleel completed his neurology residency at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. read more >
Wren Corner Retail Center Tops Trio of Conway Million-Dollar Deals
A retail project, an auto swap and a clinic provide a trio of multimillion-dollar deals in Conway. read more >
CFO of the Year Finalists (Nonprofit): Talmage J. Whitehead
Talmage Whitehead’s switch to the nonprofit sector in 2005 with first a comptroller job, followed by his current CFO position for community health care provider ARcare, permitted him to return to and invest in his hometown of Augusta. read more >