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Walmart will continue to operate through CVS Health's pharmacy benefit management commercial and managed Medicaid retail pharmacy networks. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs into law a bill that requires pharmacy benefit managers to be licensed by the state. The Arkansas Pharmacy Benefits Manager Licensure Act requires licensure of any PBM that services any insurance plans that are not self-funded by employers. read more >

This week, the Arkansas Legislature is considering a new mandate forcing employers and government health plans to pay more for prescription drugs. read more >

The Arkansas Legislature ended its 2018 session Monday but will return to the state Capitol on Tuesday to address concerns over pharmacy benefit managers and to tweak laws that could pinch off some federal highway funding. read more >

A special legislative session starting Tuesday is expected to result in deep-red Arkansas becoming the first state to license and regulate pharmacy benefit managers. read more >

Wal-Mart plans to work with DirectHealth.com, an online health insurance comparison site and agency, to allow shoppers to compare coverage options and enroll in Medicare plans or the public exchange plans created under the Affordable Care Act. read more >

Conway’s downtown has traditionally ended where Oak Street intersects with bustling Harkrider Street, but city planners and commercial developers are attempting to push that historic envelope further to the east. Developers plan to link historic downtown Conway with additional options of dining, shopping and health care along Conway’s reimagined vision for Oak Street. read more >

Mathias Shopping Centers Inc. of Springdale did a $2.5 million swap with Five Forty Properties LLC of Little Rock. And CVS Caremark Corp. of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, is scheduled to begin construction later this month on a pharmacy in Springdale. read more >

CVS Caremark Corp. of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, is wading deeper into the Arkansas market, and some locations plan to sell beer and wine. read more >

Bloomberg takes a look at Wal-Mart Store Inc.'s progress growing its portfolio of in-store health clinics, such as the ones it's put in its central Arkansas stores with the help of St. Vincent. read more >

The Woonsocket, R.I.-based pharmacy formally opened its store on State Line Avenue in Texarkana on Monday. read more >