The average benchmark premium on the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace jumped nearly 69% this year. This increase, however, reflects in part a strategy by Arkansas insurers to mitigate the impact of the expiration of enhanced tax credits that had helped reduce the cost of health insurance premiums.
Doulas are professionals trained in childbirth who provide emotional, physical, and other supports to pregnant or recently pregnant women. This updated explainer examines their role in the birthing journey.
The development of a strong healthcare workforce pipeline requires strategic planning and insight into both the current health workforce landscape and future needs. This dashboard examines the supply, characteristics, and distribution of Arkansas’s specialty physician workforce.
This infographic depicts what that journey for new mothers should be in order to achieve better maternal and infant health outcomes.
The massive size of the Medicare program allows the federal government to address challenges in the healthcare system by changing how Medicare pays providers. This fact sheet looks at three basic Medicare hospital payment models the government uses for this purpose.
