Jefferson Regional, Others Rethink Cancer Hubs
Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff is overhauling the way it provides cancer services. read more >
Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff is overhauling the way it provides cancer services. read more >
One insurance carrier is offering employers in the Little Rock area a virtual health care plan that touts a premium price that’s about 15% lower than traditional benefit plans. read more >
Baxter Regional Medical Center and Highlands Oncology Group officials broke ground on a $16 million cancer treatment center on Aug. 28 with a goal to begin seeing patients in October 2022. read more >
Drug Compounding Company OurPharma LLC of Fayetteville has licenses from 11 states, including Arkansas, and applications in process in more than 10 others to sell pharmaceuticals. read more >
A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit filed by a Little Rock dental network that sued its insurance carrier for denying coverage for business losses suffered as a result of COVID-19, ruling the policy didn’t cover such losses. read more >
In the wake of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s full approval last week of Pfizer’s vaccine for COVID-19, more companies are expected to mandate that their employees be vaccinated. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville has asked a federal judge to throw out the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against it over allegations that its pharmacists unlawfully dispensed opioids, fueling the national opioid crisis. read more >
Baptist Health of Little Rock reported an eye-popping $115 million in operating income in 2020, thanks to government stimulus funds. read more >
As Arkansas Surgical Hospital in North Little Rock finishes a more than $3 million expansion project adding operating rooms, it is looking for more surgeons. read more >
Conway Regional Health System’s decision to add nearly a dozen doctors last year seems to be paying off as the system continues growing. read more >
Steven Webb knows that turning around the former North Metro Medical Center in Jacksonville is going to be a challenge, but the Unity Health president and CEO is up for it. read more >
Terry Amstutz came to McGehee Hospital in January 2019 to help it turn around. So far, his efforts are working. read more >
At the end of February 2020, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock had a surplus of $22 million. But then COVID-19 surfaced. read more >
Children’s hospitals across the country are seeing a new crisis during the pandemic: an increasing number of teenagers with mental and behavioral health issues. read more >
Since Jan. 1, 2020, about half of U.S. businesses continued to pay at least some of their workers told not to work because of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last month. read more >
More than 2,900 U.S. health care workers have died in the COVID-19 pandemic as of Dec. 23, a figure that is much higher than that reported by the government. read more >
Without money from the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program, Dr. Scott Winston of Sheridan doesn’t know if his independent primary care practice will stay open. read more >
For the next three months, Shannon Hendrix plans to do a lot of listening. read more >
Merritt Dake wants a role for artificial intelligence in dentistry’s future, but he doesn’t expect robots to be pulling teeth. read more >
The Arkansas State Medical Board is keeping a close eye on the pending federal criminal case of a doctor charged in connection with a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme involving prescription drugs. read more >
