Margaret West

On the annual checkup of hospitals, 61 out of the 86 hospitals on this year’s list of the state’s largest hospitals and medical centers — 71 percent — reported making money. That compares with 62 percent on the list that ran in 2013, just before the main features of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act took effect. read more >

Last week, Arkansas Business staff writers checked in with the top administrators of five hospitals, large and small. Here’s what we learned. read more >