National Park Medical Center

Arkansas professionals in health care, education, law and logistics moved into new leadership roles or earned key honors across the state. read more >

Contractual discounts vary widely, although they typically average more than 50% of the initial billed amount. read more >

Bingman is the vice president of commercial sales and a commercial sales broker at RPM Group of Little Rock. read more >

The Health Care Industry Council is supported by the St. Louis Fed’s office in Louisville, Kentucky. read more >

Dr. Richard Chastain and Dr. Laura Lester will Practice at the Primary Care Clinic in Hot Springs. read more >

Dr. David Dobies, an interventional cardiologist, and Dr. Timothy Talbert, a cardiac electrophysiologist, have joined National Park Medical Center of Hot Springs. read more >

The Hyatt Place project is planned for the former site of Ouachita Memorial Hospital, a location is owned by DIYA Hotels LLC, led by Dr. Hiren Patel. read more >

Doctors do try to kill themselves, and sometimes succeed. It’s difficult to say for certain how many physicians commit suicide or attempt to take their lives, but the number is believed to be at least 400 annually across the country. Now the medical profession is starting to recognize the problem of depression in its industry. read more >

James Arthur and Justin Dowdy have been hired as neurosurgeons for CHI St. Vincent in Hot Springs. read more >

Tim Hill, vice chancellor for Regional Campuses at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has recently taken on another role as chief operating officer of the UAMS Health System. Hill will also be continuing in his role as vice chancellor for regional campuses. read more >

Dr. Brandy L. Utter has joined the hospitalist staff at Conway Regional Health System. She most recently practiced at Unity Health After Hours Clinic in Searcy. read more >

Although Arkansas' economic recovery has lagged the rest of country since the recession, growth here has increased over the last couple of years. read more >

We have truth in lending and truth in sentencing. Maybe it’s time for truth in billing. I’m talking about truth in medical billing, and when I put it that way, you know exactly what I mean. read more >

An official with National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs last week blasted a report that said the hospital had one of the highest price markups in the country. read more >

Catholic Health Initiatives of Englewood, Colo., and its affiliate, St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, say they have completed their purchase of Mercy Hot Springs' hospital and physician clinic. read more >

Three of our state’s hospitals landed in the top 10 for the highest mortality rates for heart attacks, heart failures and pneumonias based on numbers from July 2009 to June 2012. read more >

Mercy Health of Chesterfield, Mo., and Catholic Health Initiatives sign a non-binding letter of intent to sell Mercy Hot Springs hospital and physician clinic to CHI and its affiliate, St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock. read more >

The potential sale of Capella raised questions about the future of the National Park expansion project, but it appears the work is moving forward. read more >

The Diocese of Little Rock says it's welcoming the news that Mercy Health is in talks with Catholic Health Initiatives over the sale of its hospital in Hot Springs. read more >

The Federal Trade Commission says it was prepared to challenge the proposed sale of Mercy Health's Hot Springs health system to Capella Healthcare of Franklin, Tenn., had the deal moved forward. read more >