Children with obesity should receive intensive treatment as early as possible, including medication and surgery if warranted, according to new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Read More
ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson talks with radio station KUAF about Arkansas’s worst-in-the-nation maternal mortality rate and policy options for improving maternal health in the state. Read More
ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson and other health experts assess the healthcare landscape in a story by Talk Business and Politics that provides an overview of the state of the state in health care. Read More
In his latest column for the Healthcare Journal of Arkansas, ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson discusses the prevalence of food deserts in Arkansas. Read More
ACHI Director of Health Policy Craig Wilson looks back at notable developments in the healthcare landscape over the past year in his latest column for Talk Business and Politics. Read More
A provision allowing states to resume eligibility redeterminations for Medicaid beneficiaries beginning in April is among the health-related items in the federal budget bill signed into law Dec. 23. Read More
On Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a final rule that includes detail about what a hospital must do to become a rural emergency hospital. Read More
