The Affordable Care Act has been a mixture of good and bad news for Arkansas, but the state’s unique approach to expanding Medicaid has resulted in a different experience from that making national headlines. read more >
Kendrea Jones of Little Rock was named the new president of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association’s Arkansas Association of Health-System Pharmacists Academy last month at the association’s 134th annual convention in Hot Springs. The academy represents both private and public agencies and other health care organizations. read more >
Kendrea Jones of Little Rock was installed Saturday as president of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association's Arkansas Association of Health-System Pharmacists Academy. read more >
The next Health Care Reform Legislative Task Force meeting will reveal whether the divide over the appropriate approach to managed care in Arkansas has continued — or even expanded. read more >
A telephone survey of Arkansas voters found that only 15 percent supported moving the state's Medicaid population to managed care, according to the results released Friday. read more >
The Arkansas Pharmacists Association said it will be surveying its members in the coming weeks to determine if the reimbursement rates for generic medications paid by pharmacy benefit managers have improved since a new law went into effect in July. read more >
Scott Pace has been named executive vice president and chief executive officer of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association after previously serving as the association’s chief operating officer. read more >
Scott Pace has been named executive vice president and chief executive officer of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association, the nonprofit group announced Monday. read more >
The Arkansas Pharmacists Association installed its 2015-2016 officers on Friday, June 12, at the 133rd Annual Convention, June 11-13. read more >
Eileen Denne, director of communications at the Arkansas Pharmacists Association, is leaving the association at the end of the month after four years to start her own consulting business. read more >
Until last month, the Arkansas Medical Society stayed out of a fight between the Arkansas State Medical Board and doctors who want to sell prescription drugs out of their offices. read more >
A recent ruling by a Pulaski County circuit judge will make it easier for doctors to dispense prescription medicine from their offices, a development that the Arkansas Pharmacists Association has called “dangerous.” read more >
