Max Greenwood
Arkansas Blue Cross Undergoes Major Restructuring Amid $100M Loss & Merger Talks
Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield faced significant financial losses in 2024, leading to layoffs and cuts to lobbyist contracts, while exploring a possible merger with Cambia Health Solutions. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Lays Off About 75 Workers, Reports $100M Loss
The state's dominant health insurance carrier cited rising health care costs and membership declines as key factors. read more >
by Gwen Moritz, Mark Friedman -
Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Reports Vendor Data Breach
Investigators believe someone illegally accessed the Blue Wellness Rewards program to obtain gift cards, not identity theft. read more >
‘Gold Card’ Bill Seeks to Fast Track Health Care Approvals in Arkansas
Act 575 gives automatic approval in many cases for procedures and drugs ordered by physicians who have achieved a 90% standard on previous approvals from insurance providers. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Private Firms List Led by Blue Cross
Seventeen private companies owned and headquartered in Arkansas are believed to have had revenue of more than $1 billion in 2023. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
Medicaid Fallout: Insurers, MCOs in State Adjust to Loss of Enrollees
As of October, the Arkansas Department of Human Services had removed more than 427,000 Arkansans from Medicaid since April 1. read more >
by Lara Farrar -
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 >
by Mark Friedman -
Remaking The Office, Workers Hold Keys
Flexibility essential as employers make perks permanent. read more >
Has Medical Cannabis Cut Opioid Abuse?
Even though opioid use has been falling in Arkansas, it’s unclear if the trend is related to the availability of medical marijuana. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Arkansas Insurers Respond to Shifting Pandemic
The insurance industry responds to COVID-19 with rebates instead of lower rates and remains flexible on claims and operations. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Arkansas Blue Cross Announces New Hire, Promotion
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield on Friday announced the hiring of Dr. Mark Jansen as vice president and chief medical officer and the promotion of Max Greenwood to vice president of government and media affairs. read more >
Kicking Around Obamacare: Arkansas Keeps Score on ACA
Insurance and health pros talk winners, losers and the future of the Affordable Care Act and its effects felt in Arkansas. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Stuck in the Middle: Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers
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 >
by Gwen Moritz -
Arkansas Hospitals Pinched Following Insurance Aftermath
Some Arkansas hospitals are feeling the fallout from Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield not receiving the premium increase it requested last fall. read more >
Address Design Flaws of Affordable Care Act, Participants Say
The insurance industry is in the business of managing risk, but under the ACA, everyone pays the same amount for the same health insurance plan, regardless of what the health status of a person is. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Arkansas Sidesteps Some Obamacare Problems with Unique Mix
The Affordable Care Act has been a mixture of good and bad news for Arkansas, but the state’s unique approach to expanding Medicaid has resulted in a different experience from that making national headlines. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Arkansas Health Care Heavyweights Join to Share Services
A partnership formed by some of the biggest health care organizations in Arkansas expects to save its members millions of dollars, but the details on how it plans to do that haven’t been released. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Max Greenwood Moves to Media Relations for Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Max Greenwood has been named director of governmental and media relations for Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield in Little Rock. Greenwood assumes responsibility for state and federal government relations and serves as the Arkansas Blue Cross spokesperson and media contact. read more >
Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Names Max Greenwood Director of Governmental, Media Relations
Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield named on Friday Max Greenwood its director of governmental and media relations. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Best Quotes of 2014
They said it: The best quotes of the year. read more >
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