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AACF report: Medicaid red tape a barrier; navigators can help
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (379+ words) by Talk Business & Politics staff ([email protected]) 8 seconds ago 0 views Medicaid’s administrative processes often are a bigger barrier to beneficiaries receiving services than program eligibility issues, focus groups convened by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families said. Investing in navigators…...
Report: Arkansas hospitals pump $19.73 billion into state economy
1+ week, 5+ day ago (321+ words) by George Jared ([email protected]) 5 minutes ago 8 views A new economic impact report released by the Arkansas Hospital Association compiles statewide data on employment, payroll, purchasing, and capital spending to illustrate how hospitals help drive the Arkansas economy. According to…...
Community Clinic adds services in Siloam Springs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (237+ words) by Talk Business & Politics staff ([email protected]) 3 hours ago 52 views Springdale-based health system Community Clinic recently expanded its women’s health services and rebranded its clinic at 1101 S. Progress Ave. in Siloam Springs. Community Clinic Pediatrics & Women’s Health, formerly known as Sager…...
Arisa Health to close 26 clinics, cease being state-contracted provider
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (232+ words) by Jeff Della Rosa ([email protected]) 6 seconds ago 0 views Springdale-based behavioral health provider Arisa Health said Friday (May 8) that it will close some of its Arkansas locations and no longer be the state-contracted provider for mobile crisis, forensic restoration services,…...
Freeman Health System in Joplin, Mo., to acquire Northwest Health for $112 million
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (294+ words) by Jeff Della Rosa ([email protected]) 10 minutes ago 18 views Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System said Thursday (March 5) that it has agreed to purchase Springdale-based Northwest Health, a subsidiary of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems. Freeman will pay $112 million…...
More than $17 million in medical debt erased in Fort Smith metro
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (400+ words) by Michael Tilley ([email protected]) 8 seconds ago 0 views First Presbyterian Church of Fort Smith raised more than $63,500 in a partnership with Boston-based Undue Medical Debt to erase around $17 million in medical debt for more than 11,000 people in the Fort Smith…...
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Cambia Health Solutions affiliate
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (407+ words) by Roby Brock ([email protected]) 4 seconds ago 0 views Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Cambia Health Solutions announced Thursday (Nov. 6) that they have signed a definitive agreement to form a strategic affiliation. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
CEO: Blue Cross should have better year after ‘challenging’ 2024
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (620+ words) by Steve Brawner ([email protected]) 2 hours ago 46 views After a difficult 2024 financially, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield should have a better year this year, CEO Curtis Barnett told the Rotary Club of Little Rock Tuesday (Oct. 28). The company reported…...
Washington Regional to begin operating specialty hospital in Fayetteville
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (225+ words) by Talk Business & Politics staff ([email protected]) 1 minute ago 2 views Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville announced Thursday (Oct. 23) that it will assume operations of Northwest Health Physicians’ Specialty Hospital on Dec. 1. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed....
The Collective opens on Dickson in Fayetteville
9+ mon, 5+ day ago (319+ words) by Talk Business & Politics staff ([email protected]) 3 minutes ago 4 views The Collective, an upscale restaurant and bar, recently opened at 216 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. The establishment is a collaboration between brothers Don and William Ray and Little Rock restaurateur Chris…...