The National Science Foundation has awarded ACHI a $1 million grant to lead a coalition of organizations in planning an effort to boost health and economic outcomes in the Delta regions of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. In an interview with radio …
Numerous policies implemented during the COVID-19 public health emergency either ended when the emergency expired on May 11 or are being phased out. In his latest column for the Healthcare Journal of Arkansas, ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson …
KUAF has launched what it says will be a series examining Arkansas’s maternal mortality rate — the worst in the nation — and policies that could improve it. In the first installment, ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson and reporter Rachell Sanchez- …
Food deserts are areas where people have limited options for obtaining affordable, healthy foods. ACHI Senior Policy Analyst Jennifer Wessel is among the people interviewed in a story by Hill Magazine, the student magazine of the University of Arkansas, …
Humans are social creatures, and social connection is fundamental to our health and well-being, according to an advisory released Tuesday, May 2, by the U.S. surgeon general entitled “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation.” The advisory highlights and …
Arkansas’s Medicaid program has returned to pre-pandemic eligibility rules, which means the state will have to determine whether hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees — including enrollees in the Medicaid expansion program known as Arkansas Health …
Arkansas Medicaid enrollees who fail to comply with a proposed work requirement will not lose Medicaid coverage, according to a proposed waiver amendment published by Arkansas Medicaid officials on Sunday, April 23. The publication of the proposed waiver …
More than 43,000 Arkansas seniors age 60 and older experienced food insecurity in 2020. We explored the issue of senor hunger in Arkansas in a recent explainer that was referenced in a news story by radio station KUAF. See our explainer for more on this …
The Arkansas Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association celebrates its 130-year anniversary this weekend in Little Rock in conjunction with the 2023 National Medical Association Region V and Arkansas Medical Dental and Pharmaceutical Association Health …
(Original post published April 22, 2022) Arkansas experienced a 7.4% increase in average benchmark premiums in the individual health insurance marketplace between 2022 and 2023, compared to a national increase of 3.4% during the same period, according to a …
Arkansas Medicaid officials face a massive undertaking: redetermining the eligibility of hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees after yearslong delays due to COVID-19. In a guest column for Talk Business & Politics, ACHI Health Policy Director …
Advancing transparency in health care requires not only collecting and storing data but also ensuring its integrity, availability, usability, security, and anonymity. This is known as data governance, the subject of a HealthTech Magazine story featuring an …
Adjusted Patient Discharges: The calculated inpatient and outpatient hospital discharges. The metric is computed by multiplying inpatient volume by an outpatient factor. The outpatient factor equals the total hospital charges divided by the inpatient …
(Original post published January 26, 2023) On Wednesday (March 29), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first naloxone product for over-the-counter, non-prescription use. Naloxone — distributed under the brand name Narcan — is a …
With the COVID-19 public health emergency expiring May 11, important changes are on the horizon for COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccination coverage. In a previous post, we discussed what the end of the public health emergency would mean for …
The latest installment of an annual ranking of U.S. counties by health factors and health outcomes finds that disparities persist between urban and rural parts of Arkansas, with the disparities mostly favoring urban counties over rural counties. Released …
Late last year, Congress approved a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package that was notable in its heavy emphasis on health care. Among the more than 4,000 pages in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 are hundreds of pages of health care-related …
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed telehealth into the mainstream, with vast numbers of patients and healthcare providers turning to virtual visits to maintain social distancing while still receiving and providing medical care. Much of this telehealth boom …
Suicidal thoughts and poor mental health are at high levels among female U.S. high school students, a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds. In 2021, 22% of all U.S. high school students seriously considered attempting suicide, …
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently published proposed rules that would reverse some telemedicine prescribing flexibilities offered during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Prior to the public health emergency, a medical …
