Arkansas awarded $1.8M to integrate mental health & substance use disorder treatment into primary care
Biden-Harris Administration awarded the state $1.8 million to work to integrate mental health and substance use disorder ...
Arkansas lawmakers approve inmate medical contract, request review of procurement rules
The Arkansas Legislative Council gave final approval Friday to a $235.5 million Department of Corrections medical contract ...
Pharmacy benefit managers will have to pay Arkansas drugstores dispensing fees under new rule
The Arkansas Insurance Department will require pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to include dispensing fees in their ...
Unemployment rate for Arkansas continues to hold at 3.3% through August
The latest Arkansas Department of Commerce report shows a continued trend of unemployed Arkansans being below the national ...
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New recommendations aim to enhance maternal care in Arkansas, officials say
the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced. Sanders established the Committee and began to formally consider reform when she signed the ...
Former DHS workers, clients unite to protest Arkansas's Medicaid system
People gathered in Pine Bluff to protest Arkansas's Medicaid system, claiming it has prevented recipients from receiving ...
Legislative panel advances proposed $1.6B medical contract between Wellpath, Arkansas Department of Corrections
A panel of Arkansas lawmakers voted Tuesday to advance a proposed 10-year, $1.6 billion medical contract between Wellpath and ...
Fort Smith Fire Department receives $140,000 FEMA grant; funds will be used for occupational medical program
Fort Smith firefighters respond to a burning sign at the corner of 6th Street and Rogers Avenue in downtown Fort Smith on ...
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UAMS college, Arkansas Department of Health present 2024 Stead Scholars internship program
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health and the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) both aim to improve the health of ...
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Committee outlines recommendations, actions taken to improve maternal health in Arkansas
A new report by the governor's committee recommends ways to address Arkansas's abysmal maternal mortality rate. Extended ...
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Arkansas Department of Education addresses rising mental health concerns in schools
EDUCATION ABOUT ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS TEACHERS AND PARENTS ARE HAVING. <> WE SPOKE WITH THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, JACOB OLIVA, TODAY... AND HE SAYS ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS FROM SCHOOL ...
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Arkansas Advocate : Committee outlines recommendations, actions taken to improve maternal health in Arkansas
The committee that Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders created in March to develop a plan to improve the state’s maternal health ...