State panel OK’s vaccine mandate for health care facilities

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Friday cleared the way for state-run health care facilities to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine after officials warned that blocking the move would jeopardize more than $700 million in federal funding. The Arkansas Legislative Council... Read More.

Growing trauma program enhances care for South Arkansas

With more than 41,000 patient visits in the last year, the emergency department (ED) at Jefferson Regional is in constant motion. As a Level 3 Trauma Center, many of those ED visits are traumatic injuries from all across South Arkansas, ranging from automobile accidents to... Read More.
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Arkansas man charged in health care fraud scheme

FORT SMITH, Ark. – A federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas returned an indictment this week charging a Lavaca man who owned or managed numerous diagnostic testing laboratories with health care fraud in connection with over $100 million dollars in false... Read More.
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UAMS joins program to improve orthopaedic care

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is now a partner site in a nationwide effort to improve care for orthopaedic conditions by using statistics on outcomes that can help monitor a response to surgery and maybe help determine if... Read More.
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Davis East Life Care to Present Christmas Celebration

Davis East Life Care, located at 6811 South Hazel Street in Pine Bluff, AR, will host a Christmas celebration on Monday, December 10, 2018. This event will be held from 6:30 to 7:30pm. Musical guests will be the Gospel Warriors of Dumas and the Spiritualettes of... Read More.