US Awards $1.3M for Drug Overdose Response in Arkansas
Funds will be used to establish treatment sites for opioid use disorder. read more >
Funds will be used to establish treatment sites for opioid use disorder. read more >
Nationwide, nearly 30 million American households struggle to pay their energy bills and qualify for the subsidy, but less than 3% receive it for their summer bills, according to the latest, preliminary federal data. read more >
The drugmaker is seeking to halt the program, which was laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act and is expected to save taxpayers billions of dollars in the coming years. read more >
As part of the settlement, the Little Rock company agreed to a two-year corrective action plan that includes monitoring by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. read more >
UAMS said it will use the funding for projects intended to increase the number of primary care physicians practicing in rural and medically underserved communities in Arkansas. read more >
Experts cautioned that insurers are unlikely to stop any coverage immediately. read more >
The funding request would support a "cancer moonshot' initiative Biden announced last year. read more >
Newer and tougher penalties are meant to reduce improper charges on the taxpayers' tab for Medicare Advantage care. read more >
The collaborative will work with the state Department of Health to improve maternal and infant health outcomes by identifying health care processes that need to be improved. read more >
The four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the largest the Hot Springs-based health provider has ever received. read more >
Despite the president's efforts, inflation is rising, and Republicans are capitalizing on higher prices, seeing openings in California and elsewhere to potentially pick up U.S. House seats. read more >
Work will focus on addressing critical gaps in data systems, health services availability and quality of care to improve outcomes and reduce disparities. read more >
Twelve of the centers in Arkansas received funds. read more >
The funds will help support vaccination efforts in the most vulnerable and medically underserved communities across the state. read more >
The directive comes after drugmaker Biogen slashed the price of the medication. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $4.6 million grant to improve access to quality health care in rural Arkansas by expanding efforts to train and retain primary care physicians. read more >
The Head Start/Early Head Start Program in Pulaski County, which has been administered by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' Department of Pediatrics since 1998, has received a $41 million grant from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. read more >
A $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will enable the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ College of Nursing to train more nurse practitioners to provide health care for aging adults in Arkansas. read more >
The rate of Americans without insurance has fallen to 13.2 percent as of March 4, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced last week. read more >
Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home is one of several hospitals appealing a federal court’s decision denying their request to speed up Medicare claim appeals by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. read more >
