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How and where to get free at-home covid tests in Arkansas

WebLocal county health units offer covid testing at no cost Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., according to McNeill. People may bring their insurance cards for …

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Arkansas' west is a world apart; health care an example of state’s

WebTHE GREAT DELTA DIVIDE. Arkansas' west is a world apart; health care an example of state’s haves, have-nots gulf. December 26, 2021 at 4:43 a.m.

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Arkansas receives federal approval for changes to ARHOME, …

WebThe program, now called Arkansas Works, provides health care coverage to more than 300,000 low-income Arkansans -- people between 19 and 64 who earn up to …

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CDC director, health care leaders talk about NWA’s needs

WebCenters for Disease Prevention and Control Director Dr. Mandy Cohen spoke with regional health care leaders Monday afternoon about the state’s needs and unique …

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Arkansas reports week of 4 more flu deaths, 77 covid-related deaths

WebThe Health Department also noted 77 covid-related deaths reported over the past week, raising the total since Jan. 1, 2023, to 698. My Ly is a Report for America …

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Depression poses major health risk; experts see stress of poverty

WebCreshelle Nash, the medical director for health equity and public programs at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, administers a dose of the coronavirus vaccine …

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Report outlines options for curbing Arkansas’ Medicaid spending

WebThe Arkansas Department of Human Services on Friday released a 128-page report outlining a wide range of options for Medicaid that department officials said …

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First phase of Jacksonville hospital now open The Arkansas …

WebThe first floor of Searcy-based Unity Health's new $36 million, 150,000-square-foot hospital, built out of a rehabilitated existing facility in Jacksonville, has …

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Sanders designates Mallory, interim secretary of the Department …

WebThe department is a unified health department, with a main office in Little Rock and 94 local health units in each of the state's 75 counties, according to its website.

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Arkansas Department of Health says tuberculosis exposure found …

WebSPRINGDALE -- A tuberculosis exposure was identified at Har-Ber High School, according to an email from a communications official at the Arkansas …

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Crisis Stabilization Unit in Fort Smith offers new mental health

WebThe Guidance Center is a licensed and accredited community health center offering coordinated health care services to treat mental, emotional, behavioral and …

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Arkansas disability care firm gets state agency's green light to

WebThe Arkansas Department of Human Services this week approved Empower Healthcare Solutions LLC to continue operating as the state's largest managed care …

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Baptist Health out of network with UnitedHealthcare; provider, …

WebBaptist Health's hospitals, clinics and rehabilitation centers across Arkansas have been out of network with UnitedHealthcare insurance plans since Monday, as the two sides failed …

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4 behavioral-health providers in state to merge

WebFour Arkansas behavioral-health providers plan to merge, creating a nonprofit system spanning 41 of the state's 75 counties. Officials at Ozark Guidance, Professional …

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St. Bernards physicians, other practitioners, no longer in network …

WebThree hundred-plus St. Bernards Healthcare providers are now out of network with UnitedHealthcare, two months after the same thing happened to two of the …

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Arkansas legislators send 8 bills related to state’s health insurance

WebArkansas' state lawmakers on Wednesday completed action on eight bills that would make changes in state laws about the governing, financing and other matters …

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State House passes bill that aims to help rural Arkansas hospitals

WebRep. Lee Johnson, R-Greenwood, presents House Bill 1127, aimed at making federal funds available to rural hospitals, during the House session on Thursday at the …

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UnitedHealthcare, Baptist Health reach contract agreement

WebThe Baptist Health network of hospitals and clinics and UnitedHealthcare on Friday reached a multi-year agreement covering employer-sponsored and individual …

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Biden health official delays menthol ban The Arkansas Democrat

WebThe FDA and health advocates have long rejected such concerns, noting FDA's enforcement of the rule would only apply to companies that make or sell …

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Pine Bluff health, welfare panel gets first updates of ’23

WebThe Public Health and Welfare Committee held its first meeting of the year on Thursday. Committee chair and Councilwoman Lanette Frazier received reports from …

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Abortion-bans’ limit on health care argued The Arkansas …

WebThe administration sued Idaho in August 2022, saying that the state's restrictions are preempted by the federal law and that strict state bans have confused …

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Sanders creates panel aimed at improving maternal health in …

WebGov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds 4-week-old Claire Sisson as she signs an executive order on plans to improve maternal health on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at the state …

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