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Arkansas’ Maternal Mortality Epidemic: Experts Discuss Systemic Failures & SolutionsLock Icon

Arkansas ranks among the top in the nation for maternal and infant deaths, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. Experts have also seen a rise in the number of patients with high-risk pregnancies. read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Arkansas Rates of Infant, Maternal Mortality Raise AlarmLock Icon

Arkansas ranks among the top in the nation for maternal and infant deaths, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. Experts have also seen a rise in the number of patients with high-risk pregnancies. read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Hospitals Brace for Another Blow as Thousands Lose Medicaid EligibilityLock Icon

On April 1, the Arkansas Department of Human Services began reassessing the eligibility of beneficiaries who throughout the pandemic were guaranteed a place in the federal-state health care insurance program for low-income residents. read more >
Stephanie Blevins, ACHI director of northwest Arkansas community engagement
Health Care

ACHI Hires Stephanie Blevins to Grow NWA Presence

Blevins joins ACHI from the office of Gov. Asa Hutchinson, where she served as the governor’s northwest Arkansas district representative since March 2018. read more >
A box of Narcan nasal spray, a brand name for the overdose antidote naloxone
Health Care

Arkansas Improving Access to Naloxone, ACHI Says

Pharmacists have been able to distribute the overdose antidote without a prescription since 2017. read more >
Dr. Joe Thompson

Transformation Of Arkansas’ Health Care System

In a little over four months major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will go into effect. Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, the more than 500,000 working-age Arkansans currently without a source for paying medical expenses will be able to take advantage of the core intent of the federal law. read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Better Right? Or Better Fast? (Editorial)

The longer the highly divisive Affordable Care Act is delayed, the likelier it is to be not completely overturned but transformed by politics into an even more complex system that’s even less likely to succeed. read more >
Dr. Joe ThompsonArkansas Surgeon GeneralDirector, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement

Improving the Arkansas Health Care System

Arkansas' Surgeon General Dr. Joe Thompson on how the Affordable Health Care Act may curb costs and provide greater access. read more >