Arkansas is ranked 30th out of 47 states and the District of Columbia in healthcare affordability in a new analysis from the Altarum Healthcare Value Health. Read More
On Nov. 2, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule, which focuses on promoting the use of telehealth and other telecommunications technologies. Read More
David L. Williams III, PhD, of Fayetteville, a longtime Arkansas leader in the behavioral health field, is the recipient of the 2021 Dr. Tom Bruce Arkansas Health Impact Award. Read More
One strategy for reducing infectious diseases and overdose rates among persons who inject drugs is adopting syringe service programs, also referred to as needle exchange programs. Read More
In a guest column for Talk Business & Politics, ACHI Health Policy Director Craig Wilson discusses how the “Build Back Better” legislation currently under consideration in Congress would seek to expand healthcare coverage in states that have rejected Medicaid expansion. Read More
Earlier this month, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the signing of the Arkansas Opioids Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), an agreement that clarifies the allocation and use of the approximately $216 million estimated to be Arkansas’s share of national settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors. Read More
On Thursday, Sept. 23, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that since Aug. 26 it had issued 323 orders denying applications by companies seeking to keep their vaping products in the market. Read More
Arkansas continues to have lower premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance than most of the surrounding states. Our newest infographic in our Data Watch series shows the average annual premiums for individuals with employer-sponsored health plans in two size categories: fewer than 50 employees (small firms) and 50 or more employees (medium-to-large firms). Read More
