The second installment of our blog series on weight-loss drugs look at what the drugs mean for children and adolescents struggling with obesity. Read More
Arkansas receives “F” grades in three categories in a new report from the American Lung Association that grades states on their tobacco prevention and cessation efforts. Read More
In a guest column for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson reflects on the first decade of Arkansas’s Medicaid expansion program. Read More
In a guest column for Talk Business & Politics, ACHI Health Policy Director Craig Wilson looks at how the Affordable Care Act has impacted Arkansans over the past decade. Read More
Beginning this year, Arkansas will participate in a new program to help address food insecurity experienced in the summer months by many students and their families. Read More
Healthcare providers should refer children age 6 or older with obesity to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions, according to a draft recommendation from a federal task force. Read More
State Medicaid agencies will soon be able to enlist in a new 10-year delivery model focused on improving maternal health care for enrollees in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
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