Baxter Regional Medical Center
Dr. Brad Bibb Inducted as President of the Arkansas Medical Society (Super Mover)
In this position, Bibb will work to strengthen the society’s relationships with stakeholders in the Arkansas health care community. 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 >
Jefferson Regional, Others Rethink Cancer Hubs
Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff is overhauling the way it provides cancer services. read more >
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Highlands, Baxter Regional Ally in $16M Cancer Center
Baxter Regional Medical Center and Highlands Oncology Group officials broke ground on a $16 million cancer treatment center on Aug. 28 with a goal to begin seeing patients in October 2022. read more >
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Baxter Regional to Acquire Washington Regional Clinic in Harrison
It's another step in the health system's effort to expand and improve services. read more >
Morgan, Barber Join Baxter Regional (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Leonard Dale Morgan and Dr. Austin N. Barber have joined Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. read more >
Baxter Regional Foundation Raising $1.7M to Remodel Surgical Unit
The Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation announces the public phase of its "5 South Surgical Services Capital Campaign" to remodel its Surgical Services Unit. read more >
Knight, Branscum Accept Roles at Baxter Regional (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Bethany Knight and Kristie Branscum have joined Baxter Regional Health System Hometown Clinic at Calico Rock. read more >
Washington Regional Adds Pereira, Mantooth (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Stephanie Pereira and Dr. Ryan Mantooth have joined Washington Regional in Fayetteville as emergency medicine physicians. read more >
Baxter Regional Works to Survive As Volume Declines Amid COVID-19
Baxter Regional Medical Center has not yet had a confirmed case of COVID-19, but the Mountain Home hospital is nevertheless feeling the impacts of the pandemic. read more >
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Coronavirus Could Kill Rural Hospitals on Brink
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the survival of rural hospitals in Arkansas, several hospital administrators told Arkansas Business last week. read more >
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CHI St. Vincent Cuts Hours, Furloughs Workers
CHI St. Vincent is the latest health care provider to furlough employees and implement a hiring freeze because of the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Baxter Regional, Citing Drop in Visits, Furloughs 105 Employees
Baxter Regional Medical Center of Mountain Home furloughs 105 employees as patient volume declines amid the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
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Telemedicine Tipping Point Seen as Virus Alters Care
COVID-19 has turned the world upside down, but it is also ushering telemedicine into widespread acceptance in Arkansas. read more >
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Tobias Pugsley, Baxter Regional Medical Center (40 Under 40)
Tobias Pugsley wants to take care of the people who grew up taking care of him. read more >
Nalleballe Takes Role with Arkansas Stroke Assistance at UAMS (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Krishna Nalleballe has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock as a stroke neurologist and as a consulting neurologist with the Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support network. read more >
Baxter Regional Medical Center Fights to Bring Pediatricians to Mountain Home
Soon, Dr. Michael Adkins will be the only pediatrician in Mountain Home, a situation officials at Baxter Regional Medical Center say they are working to rectify. read more >
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Baxter Regional’s Fight Over Medicare Appeals Continues in Appeals Court
Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home is one of several hospitals appealing a federal court’s decision denying their request to speed up Medicare claim appeals by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. read more >
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Waiting Room: Medicare Appeals Tie Up Hospitals’ Millions
Adding to hospital frustration is the way that the RACs, which are private companies, are paid: They have a financial incentive to deny as many claims as possible because they receive up to 12.5 percent of the money recovered. read more >
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Signs of $14.7 Million Medicare Fraud from Mountain Home Doctor Date Back for Years
If Dr. Stacey M. Johnson of Mountain Home had not died earlier this year at 63, he likely would have been charged with overbilling Medicare by $14.7 million, according to a criminal investigator’s affidavit that was recently made public. read more >
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