View the episode on aetn.org. View a continuation of the discussion on Facebook. Author John Lyon Strategic Communications Manager 501-526-2244 jlyon@achi.net Subscribe for Updates Name First Last Email* ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson appeared on the Sept. 6 episode of AETN’s “Arkansas Week” to discuss the youth vaping epidemic. Dr. Thompson spoke of … Read more Read More
Author John Lyon Strategic Communications Manager 501-526-2244 jlyon@achi.net Subscribe for Updates Name First Last Email* In the 2018-19 school year, Morrilton Intermediate School was the setting for the Champions For Health Pilot Project, an innovative effort to help improve the health of the school’s students, teachers, and staff members. Champions For Health, formerly known as … Read more Read More
See the full story on thv11.com. Author John LyonStrategic Communications Manager501-526-2244jlyon@achi.net Subscribe for Updates Name First Last Email* KTHV reporter Mercedes Mackay interviews ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson about Arkansas’s new minimum age to buy tobacco and vaping products.For more information, see our blog post. announcements Smoking Costs Arkansas Medicaid $795 Million Annually Read … Read more Read More
Read the full piece on arkansasonline.com. Author John LyonStrategic Communications Manager501-526-2244jlyon@achi.net Subscribe for Updates Name First Last Email* ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson talks to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about Arkansas’s new law raising the minimum age to buy tobacco and vaping products. For more information, see our blog post. Recent vaping blog posts Congress … Read more Read More
Read the piece on pbcommercial.com. Author Craig Wilson, JD, MPADirector, Health Policy501-526-2244CWilson@achi.net Subscribe for Updates Name First Last Email* Note: This op-ed by ACHI Health Policy Director and Pine Bluff High School graduate Craig Wilson was published in the August 31, 2019, edition of the Pine Bluff Commercial newspaper. Pine Bluff has the opportunity to … Read more Read More
Author Elizabeth (Izzy) Montgomery, MPA Policy Analyst 501-526-2244 efmontgomery@achi.net Subscribe for Updates Name First Last Email* Last week, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) held its annual conference in Chicago. Now in its 32nd year, the conference provides an opportunity for state health officials, researchers, and policymakers to connect and learn about innovative health … Read more Read More
See the full story on katv.com. Author John Lyon Strategic Communications Manager 501-526-2244 jlyon@achi.net Subscribe for Updates Name First Last Email* ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson discusses the teen vaping epidemic with KATV reporter Marine Glisovic. For more on vaping, see our recent blog post. For a discussion of policy options for regulating e-cigarettes, … Read more Read More
Author Kenley Money, MA, MFA Director, Information Systems Architecture 501-526-2244 kenley.money@achi.net Subscribe for Updates Name First Last Email* With oversight from the Arkansas Insurance Department, ACHI maintains the Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database (APCD), a large-scale database containing health insurance claims data submitted by public and private payers and other health information. In this blog post we will … Read more Read More
Author John LyonStrategic Communications Manager501-526-2244jlyon@achi.net Subscribe for Updates Name First Last Email* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that nearly 200 cases of severe lung illness possibly associated with vaping have been reported in 22 states since June 28. Most of the cases involve adolescents or young adults. One patient, an adult in … Read more Read More
See the full story on katv.com. Author John Lyon Strategic Communications Manager 501-526-2244 jlyon@achi.net Subscribe for Updates Name First Last Email* ACHI Health Policy Director Craig Wilson talks to KATV reporter Matt Mershon about the struggles of Arkansas’s rural hospitals to keep their doors open. For more information, see Wilson’s May 20 op-ed in the … Read more Read More
