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Construction / Health Care / Nonprofits

Conway Regional Raises $10M in Funding Drive

The foundation raised the money to complete three capital projects: a 24-bed intensive care unit, the expansion of a clinical laboratory, and a new behavioral health unit at Conway Regional Medical Center. read more >
Health Care / Insurance

As Prices Rise, Hospitals Suffer At Old Pay Rate

Through the first five months of this year, Conway Regional Medical Center has a $2.4 million loss. And its financial health is expected to worsen if government and commercial health insurance companies don’t increase their reimbursements for services. read more >
The two biggest health care projects currently under construction in the state are at opposite ends of the UAMS campus in Little Rock.
Construction / Health Care / Nonprofits

Medical Projects Feed Construction Pipeline

Additions to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences campus in Little Rock account for two of the five biggest ongoing health care construction projects in Arkansas. read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care

Panel Approves $50M Emergency Request for More Beds at Arkansas Hospitals

The money will be used to add 265 beds at 11 hospitals under pressure from the omicron surge. read more >
Jamie Mobley of ARcare of Augusta
Health Care / Media & Marketing

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 >
Government & Politics / Health Care / Legal

Unvaccinated Employees Sue Conway Regional

The suit could signal a trend of Arkansas lawsuits over employer vaccine requirements. read more >
An LLC led by Steve Landers Jr. bought the 1,360-acre Paradise Sporting Club in Lonoke County.
Construction / Health Care / Manufacturing

Steve Landers Jr. Finds Paradise for $6.5MLock Icon

A 1,360-acre slice of paradise in Lonoke County, an industrial project near the Little Rock Port, a west Little Rock eatery and apartments in Little Rock’s Hillcrest area provide this week’s quartet of million-dollar real estate transactions. read more >
Baptist Health faces a challenge from a Little Rock firefighter over its billing practices, which placed a lien against him instead of first filing a claim with his health insurer.
Business Services / Health Care / Insurance

Class Action Lawsuit Tests Baptist Billing TacticLock Icon

A Little Rock firefighter recently scored a legal victory against the state’s largest hospital system over how it bills patients injured by the actions of others. read more >
Medical office rendering provided by Conway Regional Health System.
Construction / Health Care

Conway Regional to Build New $13M Medical OfficeLock Icon

Conway Regional Health System is holding a groundbreaking on Wednesday for its $13 million, three-story, medical office building on its main campus. read more >
Government & Politics

Baptist, Conway Regional Dispute Prompts ‘Any Willing Partner’ Bill

A bill filed at the Arkansas Legislature is an effort to clarify and regulate services partnerships between state supported medical entities and private health systems. But it doesn’t appear likely to settle the disagreement between the central Arkansas health care providers that started it all. read more >
UAMS Chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson
Government & Politics / Health Care

Conway Regional Considering Legal Action In Hospital Rivalry Case

Representatives of Conway Regional Medical Center told lawmakers that it's considering legal and legislative action to deal with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ contract with Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway. read more >
Dr. Nancy Gray is the head of UAMS BioVentures, which does technology licensing and is an incubator for start-up companies that do medical research.
Business Services / Education / Health Care

BioVentures Boot Camp Wins National Recognition

The Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp run by BioVentures recently won a national award, the second-place Innovations Research & Research Education Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. read more >
Namvar Zohoori
Government & Politics / Health Care

Namvar Zohoori Takes Seat on National Health Committee (Movers & Shakers)

Dr. Namvar Zohoori has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030. read more >
Health Care

Arkansas Children’s Hospital Expands Alliance of Nurseries

Since March, Arkansas Children’s Hospital has added a second and third hospital to its nursery alliance and plans to add more medical centers to help keep newborns who need care closer to their homes. read more >
Doug Ross, CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs
Health Care / Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

Doug Ross Named SVP, Chief Medical Officer at CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs (Movers & Shakers)

Doug Ross has been promoted to senior vice president and chief medical officer for CHI St. Vincent in Hot Springs. read more >
Education / Government & Politics / Health Care

Trust, But Verify (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)

UAMS, ostensibly accountable to the public, is selling its doctors’ services, and the taxpayers who employ those doctors aren’t allowed to know how much the buyer is paying. read more >

Best Places to Work: Conway Regional Medical Center

It should come as no surprise that Conway Regional Medical Center, an acute-care hospital serving five counties, takes its employees health very seriously. read more >
Matt Troup, CEO of Conway Regional Health System
Construction / Health Care / Insurance

Conway Regional Offers an Inside Peek Into Its Operation

Conway Regional Health System CEO Matt Troup has a plan to deal with the increased competition from the Little Rock health system’s Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway. read more >
Ahmed Ali
Health Care

Conway Regional Adds Ahmed Ali to Med Staff (Movers & Shakers)

Dr. Ahmed A. Ali recently joined the medical staff at Conway Regional Medical Center. Ali is an internal medicine specialist and former director of the hospitalist program at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. read more >
Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway.

Competition Expanding Conway Area’s Health Care Horizons

Conway’s current health care landscape is characterized by more players entering the market, providing additional capacity within city limits and expanding and enhancing services here and in surrounding communities. read more >