Condition Critical At Rural Hospitals
The Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden offers prime example of the financial stress hospitals are under since COVID. read more >
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CareSource PASSE Names David Donohue CEO of Arkansas Market
He joins CareSource from nonprofit WellSense Health Plan, where he led the organization's New Hampshire Medicaid plan read more >
EXPLAINER: Lower Prescription Prices to Take Time Under New Law
The bill mostly helps the roughly 49 million people who sign up for Medicare's drug coverage. But many will be left out from direct savings after lawmakers stripped cost-savings measures for a majority of those covered by private health insurance. read more >
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Ex-Nursing Home Operator Ordered to Pay $7.7 Million
The judgment was the latest blow to Joseph Schwartz, whose Skyline Health Care LLC was in charge of 21 nursing homes across Arkansas. read more >
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Drug Industry Challenges Arkansas Law
Community Health Centers of Arkansas fears its members’ budgets would lose a total of $1 million annually if a drug industry’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law succeeds. read more >
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Firm Paying $8M to Arkansas, Feds Over Corruption Probe
Preferred Family Healthcare will forfeit the majority of the amount to the federal government. read more >
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Biden to Launch Ambitious Overhaul of Nursing Home Quality
One major missing element: New sources of federal financing to pay for it. read more >
Woes Pile Up on Ex-Nursing Home Tycoon
In December, a former Arkansas nursing home operator was charged with eight counts of Medicaid fraud and two counts of failing to pay taxes. Then things went really wrong for Joseph Schwartz. read more >
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Employment Lawyers Give Advice After SCOTUS Blocks Vaccine Mandate
Businesses still need to be mindful of state and federal regulations. read more >
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Supreme Court Weighs Vaccine Rules Affecting 80 Million Workers
Justices began hearing oral arguments Friday. read more >
Feds Approve Arkansas’ Plan to Overhaul Medicaid Expansion
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said it will allow 300,000 low-income residents to continue receiving health care. read more >
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Former Arkansas Nursing Home Operator Charged with Medicaid Fraud, Tax Fraud
Joseph Schwartz, who owned Skyline Health, faces multiple felony counts. read more >
EXPLAINER: Must Employers Follow Biden’s Vaccine Mandates?
Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to the mandate. read more >
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Biden Vaccine Rule for Health Workers Blocked in Arkansas, 9 Other States
The court order said that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid had no clear authority from Congress to enact the mandate. read more >
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Arkansas Panel Delays Vote on Agencies’ Vaccine Requirements
The agencies say they need to follow a federal vaccine mandate to protect millions of dollars in funding, even though the mandate conflicts with state law. read more >
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Drugstores Give Shots, Then Wait for Payback
Like patients, Arkansas pharmacists have had their sleeves rolled up. read more >
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Blue Cross Charts Path Past Virus, Into Future
The COVID-19 pandemic stands as a crucible and a pivot point for Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield as its northwest Arkansas crew settles into a new $40 million, 81,000-SF corporate center. read more >
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Sticking Points: Employers Caught in Vaccine Catch-22
Arkansas employers find themselves caught between federal mandates and a new state law. read more >
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Governor Allows Vaccine Mandate Exemption Bill to Pass
The Republican governor expressed concerns about the measure's impact on businesses but did not veto it. read more >
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Arkansas Lawmakers Approve Opt-Out for COVID Vaccine Mandates
Gov. Asa Hutchinson opposes the bill but has not said whether he'll veto it. read more >
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