In late 2022, it is anticipated that Arkansas will begin to receive approximately $216 million as part of a national opioid settlement with an opioid manufacturer and three distributors. Our new white paper urges the adoption by states and localities of spending principles that have been endorsed by numerous medical, public health, academic, and advocacy organizations to help guide state and local spending of the settlement funds.
The Affordable Care Act introduced a national menu labeling mandate for large chain restaurants in 2010.
The Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act of 2015 (“Act”) supports the efforts of the Arkansas all-payer claims database (APCD) project by establishing a mandate for certain entities to submit healthcare data.
The Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative (HTI) was established in 2015 to provide a source of informative healthcare data to support consumers, researchers, and policymakers. The Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) is one of the tools in the HTI used to accomplish these efforts.
This infographic illustrates information about e-cigarette use among Arkansas public school students and provides potential state policy options for addressing youth e-cigarette use. This is part of ACHI’s 100 Arkansans initiative.
