The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care is part of a team that was recently awarded a five-year Quality Innovation Network Quality Improvement Organization contract. read more >

Aledade is what’s called an ACO, an accountable care organization, a relatively new type of entity established by the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act for the purpose of improving health care quality while controlling unnecessary spending. read more >

Steve Shuler, a former TV journalist, has turned his interest in the food scene in central Arkansas into a website and blog, LRFoodCast.com, that offers podcasts in which he visits with area chefs and restaurateurs about the restaurant business. read more >

Organizations from the delta regions of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi will meet in Lake Village Thursday to discuss ways to improve health care. read more >

We are facing a very real health care crisis in our state and nation. Ignoring the problem and doing nothing isn’t an acceptable course of action. The private option is our best approach to the major social issue of our time, namely how to do what every other advanced country in the world has done — ensure basic health care for all our families at a reasonable cost. read more >

Volunteer board members manage and serve as key decision-makers for Arkansas nonprofits of varying size and scope. read more >