Helena Regional Medical Center
Helena Hospital Changes Hands in $5M Debt Deal
The Helena Health Foundation acquired the city’s hospital by assuming $5 million in debt from Mississippi-based Progressive Health Group. read more >
From Crisis to Comeback: Helena’s Hospital Nears Profitability After Rural Emergency Designation
Helena Regional Medical Center was losing $8 million per year before it was purchased by Progressive Health Group of Oxford, Mississippi, in January. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Helena Hospital Sold and Renamed
Progressive Health Group purchased the hospital from Quorum Health of Brentwood, Tennessee, and is under contract with the city of Helena. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Helena Regional Medical Center Being Sold
Progressive Health Group of Oxford, Mississippi, agrees to buy the 127-bed Helena Regional Medical Center and its related physician clinics. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Arkansas Hospitals Offer Fewer Places to Give Birth
Some hospitals are closing their obstetric units due to financial struggles, creating “maternity deserts” in Arkansas and beyond. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Severe Weather Delivers Infrastructure Stress
The single-digit temperatures of Valentine’s Day week challenged the Helena-West Helena’s ability to deliver water. read more >
by George Waldon -
Phillips County Joins Government Solar Push
Phillips County Judge Clark Hall is counting on solar power to save his county money and help shine its image.
The county has hired Entegrity Partners of Little Rock to build a 400-kilowatt photovoltaic array as part of its major new justice complex near Helena Regional Medical Center. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Hospital Operator Community Health Systems Reveals Cyberattack
Community Health Systems Inc., which operates hospitals in Fort Smith, Bentonville, Springdale and seven other cities in Arkansas, on Monday blamed Chinese hackers for a cyberattack that accessed "non-medical" data on 4.5 million patients of its affiliated physicians. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -