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Jonesboro Surgeon Sues Former Colleague, Lawyers Over Alleged Defamation Campaign
A unique legal case out of Jonesboro has a heart surgeon pitted against the lawyers of a former colleague, alleging defamation. read more >
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UA Little Rock, Cadence Bank & Heartland Forward Announce Promotions (Movers & Shakers)
Education, health care and nonprofits are the highlight of this weeks Movers & Shakers. read more >
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40% of Arkansas Hospitals Report Losses in 2024 as Costs Outpace Revenues
Uncertainty over federal legislation and expiring tax credits adds pressure, even as systems invest millions in expansions, new technology and AI to improve care and efficiency. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
John Brown University Announces Promotions in Leadership (Movers & Shakers)
Jim Krall has been promoted to senior vice president for university advancement at John Brown University in Siloam Springs. Kim Hadley has been promoted from vice president to executive vice president at JBU. read more >
Aaron Hilton Named President of Lawrence Healthcare
Hilton joins Lawrence Healthcare from St. Bernards Healthcare of Jonesboro. He follows Josh Conlee, who is leaving the role after five years. read more >
Working to Improve Child Care in Arkansas (Angela Duran Commentary)
Arkansas businesses have a role to play in ensuring every child reaches its full potential. read more >
by Angela Duran -
Baptist Health, UnitedHealthcare Reach Agreement
Baptist Health and UnitedHealthcare have reached a multi-year agreement over reimbursement rates that kept the state’s largest health care provider out of the insurer’s network since Jan. 1. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
St. Bernards Healthcare Faces Potential Out-of-Network Status with UnitedHealthcare
St. Bernards Healthcare of Jonesboro needs to reach an agreement with UnitedHealthcare by March 1 to stay in network. read more >
St. Bernards of Jonesboro Announces 3 New Hires (Movers & Shakers)
The physicians are Dr. Soumyarsi Kambhatla, Dr. Jonathan Pennington and Dr. Sharath Vipparthy. read more >
Lydia Parkey Named President of St. Bernards Foundation
Parkey assumes the role after spending 10 years at St. Bernards, mostly as director of physician marketing and executive director for St. Bernards Medical Group, a voluntary association of providers. read more >
HeartX Accelerator Picks 5 Startups for 2022 Program
Each company will receive $150,000 of investment capital as well as complete and total access to clinicians and administrators while executing their pilot projects with Arkansas hospitals. read more >
COVID Creates Nursing Crisis
Record COVID cases are transforming a long-standing problem in Arkansas — the state’s nursing shortage — into a crisis. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Lessons Learned: Hospital Leaders Look Back at COVID-19 Crisis
Arkansas Business reached out to several Arkansas hospital executives and asked them about their observations and lessons learned amid the pandemic. Here’s what they said. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Ritter Communications Opens Its $8M Data Center
Ritter Communications of Jonesboro recently opened its $8 million, 8,544-SF multiuser data and cloud storage facility in northeast Arkansas. read more >
Hospitals Remain Besieged by COVID-19
Arkansas hospitals are still losing millions of dollars to the COVID-19 pandemic, and executives say they can’t count on a second injection of federal stimulus money. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Viral Vigil Follows Hospital Capacity
Concern that the COVID-19 outbreak could overwhelm Arkansas’ health care system remains a brooding cloud. The pandemic scenario is a possibility with a likelihood that’s elusive to gauge. read more >
by George Waldon -
Ward Accepts Provost Position at UAMS (Movers & Shakers)
Wendy Ward has been named associate provost for faculty in the Division of Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. read more >
HealthTech Arkansas Partnering With PwC
The Singapore office of PwC, aka PricewaterhouseCoopers, and HealthTech Arkansas are working together to bring startups from Singapore to Arkansas for clinical trials and pilot projects with 11 health care providers. read more >
Jonesboro Tower Tops List as Health Care Projects Rise
The value of health care-related projects under construction in Arkansas this fall is nearly 70% greater than it was a year ago. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Adam Childs In at Arkansas Urology (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Adam Childs has joined Arkansas Urology in Bentonville. read more >
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