Marcus James Promoted to SVP at Blue Cross & Blue Shield (Movers & Shakers)
Marcus James has been named senior vice president of claims and membership for Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Little Rock. read more >
Tagged: Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Insurers Seek Average 2% Rate Increase for Arkansas Exchange
Arkansas officials say the four companies providing coverage through the state's insurance exchange under the federal health care overhaul law are seeking an average rate increase of about 2% for next year. read more >
Gray Dillard, Kathy Ryan Named EVPs at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Gray Dillard has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the health insurer announced Monday. read more >
Fiser Named Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Director (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. William Fiser Jr. has been hired as medical director at Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield in Little Rock. read more >
Blue Cross & Blue Shield CEO Curtis Barnett Unconcerned About Revenue Dip
The Little Rock mutual health insurance company is still the state’s largest private company with revenue of $2.48 billion in 2018. However, the revenue figure was down — a little less than 2% — from $2.52 billion in 2017, ending a streak of at least 15 years of revenue growth. read more >
White River Health Names Colleen Canfield Surgical Director (Movers & Shakers)
Colleen Canfield was recently promoted from operating room manager to director of surgical services of White River Health System in Batesville. read more >
Acquisitions Alter List of 75 Largest Private Companies in Arkansas
The departures of five companies that were acquired in the past year made room at the bottom of the list for companies that had not made the cutoff last year — or ever. The price of entry to the list? $100 million read more >
Reynolds Metals Mining Land Sold for $10.3M
Mining land near Bauxite, an office building in west Little Rock and undeveloped residential land in Saline County form this week’s trifecta of big real estate transactions. read more >
Is Little Rock Losing Its Luster?
Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola and Little Rock Regional Chamber CEO Jay Chesshir have binders full of statistics showing that economic development efforts are bearing fruit. Still, they acknowledge that Little Rock has a perception problem. read more >
Stacia DeWitt Makes Move to Mutual (Movers & Shakers)
Stacia DeWitt has been hired as sales director at Mutual of Omaha’s Little Rock office. read more >
Marketing Changes Made at ASU-Newport, E.C. Barton & Co. (Movers & Shakers)
Mallory Jordan has been hired as marketing and communications specialist for Arkansas State University-Newport. Kathryn Baker has been hired as marketing director for E.C. Barton & Co. in Jonesboro. read more >
Hoyt Louks Moves Up at Blue Cross & Blue Shield (Movers & Shakers)
Hoyt Louks has been promoted to director of Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield’s Blue Advantage national accounts and BlueAdvantage regular business division in Little Rock. read more >
75 Largest Private Companies in Arkansas Combine for $38.9B
Revenue at Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield topped $2.5 billion last year, a milestone achieved by only one other company in the 30 years that Arkansas Business has been ranking private companies by revenue. read more >
Head to Lead Operations, Development at Venture Center (Movers & Shakers)
Jessica Head has been hired as a director of operations and program development for the Venture Center in Little Rock. read more >
Governor Signs Pharmacy Benefit Manager Bill into Law
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs into law a bill that requires pharmacy benefit managers to be licensed by the state. The Arkansas Pharmacy Benefits Manager Licensure Act requires licensure of any PBM that services any insurance plans that are not self-funded by employers. read more >
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 >
Doug Ross Named SVP, Chief Medical Officer at CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs (Movers & Shakers)
Doug Ross has been promoted to senior vice president and chief medical officer for CHI St. Vincent in Hot Springs. read more >
Stephanie Parson Promoted at Sparks Health (Movers & Shakers)
Stephanie Parson has been named chief quality officer of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith. Jason Treece has been promoted to lead executive of strategic accounts for Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield in Little Rock. read more >
Pharmacists: New Reimbursement Rates for Drugs Unsustainable
Pharmacists say new reimbursement rates for generic prescriptions imposed by the pharmacy benefit manager used by Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield and Ambetter are often less than the cost of the drugs. read more >
Winrock Announces Health Tech Accelerator
Winrock International, Arkansas Heart Hospital, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and BioVentures at UAMS recently announced that they are teaming to support a new accelerator for health care technology startups called Health InnovatAR. read more >
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