Hospitals Question UnitedHealthcare’s Rates
Tough negotiations over reimbursement rates prompt another hospital to consider dropping UnitedHealthcare. read more >
Tough negotiations over reimbursement rates prompt another hospital to consider dropping UnitedHealthcare. read more >
A financial hit could be looming with nearly 220,000 Arkansans having lost their Medicaid coverage since April 1. read more >
May-Brust spent a decade in the oil pipeline transportation industry, then was with Walmart Inc. for nearly 18 years. read more >
On April 1, the Arkansas Department of Human Services began reassessing the eligibility of beneficiaries who throughout the pandemic were guaranteed a place in the federal-state health care insurance program for low-income residents. read more >
The Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden offers prime example of the financial stress hospitals are under since COVID. read more >
As many hospitals struggle financially, the Arkansas Department of Human Services has proposed using $60 million of the state’s American Rescue Plan Act to help keep their doors open. read more >
It can be difficult to determine exactly where we are in this continuing COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Across the country, hospitals and health systems saw negative operating margins in March, the third consecutive month that was the case. read more >
Hospitals and medical centers in Arkansas benefited from government relief money last year to offset losses caused by COVID-19. read more >
Hospitals in Arkansas and around the country are desperately seeking nurses to care for a surging number of COVID-19 patients, and providers fear the demand will rise during the upcoming flu season. read more >
Mercy, which operates hospitals in Fort Smith and Rogers, says it will require workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19, effective Sept. 30. 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 >
With some hospitals nearly full with COVID-19 patients, the demand for nurses has soared across the country in recent weeks, as some providers dangle pay packages worth $7,000 a week to attract nurses. read more >
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 >
Some, like the hospitality industry, are bracing for a long, slow return to pre-COVID vitality. Others, like the energy sector, see a quicker recovery after the early swoon. Some trends seem baked into expectations, like reliance on home-based employees and the technology they use. read more >
Baxter Regional Medical Center has not yet had a confirmed case of COVID-19, but the Mountain Home hospital is nevertheless feeling the impacts of the pandemic. read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the survival of rural hospitals in Arkansas, several hospital administrators told Arkansas Business last week. read more >
Hospitals’ bottom lines were hurt by flat patient volume, a shortage of nurses and the high cost of specialty drugs read more >
The idea of Americans scrolling through hospital websites to find the best deal on a mammogram or tonsillectomy sounds good to almost everybody. But the devil is in the details, and when federal plans emerged to force hospitals and insurers to reveal their negotiated rates for all kinds of medical services, the pitchforks came out. read more >
Insurance and health pros talk winners, losers and the future of the Affordable Care Act and its effects felt in Arkansas. read more >
