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NP opportunities hinge on payer policies: study
By Ashok Selvam | February 28, 2013
A study that looked at scope-of-practice laws in six states concluded that the laws don't restrict the breadth of primary-care services that nurse practitioners offer patients, but the laws still affect payer policies which then curtail how and where NPs can practice.
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Arkansas Senate overrides veto of abortion bill
By Associated Press via Yahoo | February 28, 2013
The Arkansas Senate voted Thursday to override a veto of a near-ban of abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy and backed a separate measure that would only allow the procedures before the 12th week, with few exceptions.
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Ark. hospitals move toward electronic records exchange
By Arkansas Business | February 25, 2013
Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, Ark., became the third hospital this year to join Arkansas' network that will let healthcare providers access patients' electronic medical records.
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$300M to boost Medicaid, CHIP innovation
By Rich Daly | February 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Six states were awarded nearly $300 million by HHS to implement payment and delivery changes to their Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program plans.
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Auditors say Ark. Medicaid paid $1.3 million to ineligible recipients
By Associated Press | February 09, 2013
Arkansas has paid more than $1.3 million in Medicaid dollars to ineligible recipients since 2009, according to an audit released Friday that a top Republican lawmaker said shows the pressing need to reform the $5 billion healthcare program for the poor and disabled.
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Mo. hospital joins Mercy Health
By Joe Carlson | February 04, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Mercy Health expanded its reach to 32 hospitals in four states following a deal in which 219-bed Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Crystal City, Mo., joined the system for undisclosed terms effective Feb. 1.
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Late News: Wal-Mart helps underwrite Ark. medical-home initiative
By Modern Healthcare | January 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The state of Arkansas' health system transformation is getting a financial boost from Wal-Mart Stores, which committed to providing $670,000 to help underwrite the work of the Arkansas Health Care Payment Improvement Initiative. The initiative, Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Joe Thompson said, is a...
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Wal-Mart boosts Ark. medical home effort
By Andis Robeznieks | January 11, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The state of Arkansas's health system transformation was given a significant financial boost from the state's largest company, Wal-Mart Stores, which committed to providing $670,000 to help underwrite the work of the Arkansas Health Care Payment Improvement Initiative.
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Acadia agrees to buy two behavioral health firms
By Paul Barr | November 27, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Acadia Healthcare Co., Franklin, Tenn., announced it has agreed to buy two behavioral health companies, Behavioral Centers of America for $145 million in cash and AmiCare Behavioral Centers for $113 million in cash.
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Regional News/South: Healthfirst to acquire Florida-based multi-specialty physician practice, and other news
By Modern Healthcare | November 24, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
MELBOURNE, Fla.—Health First, a Rockledge, Fla., health system, plans to acquire Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates, a multispecialty physician practice. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Health First said in a news release that it plans to combine the new practice...
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