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Arkansas receives federal approval for changes to …

WEBArkansas receives federal approval for changes to ARHOME, Medicaid program that buys private insurance for low-income people. ARHOME approval ensures …

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

WEBA worker grabs two at-home covid-19 test kits to be handed out during a distribution event in this Dec. 30, 2021, file photo. (AP/David Dermer)

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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, …

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Arkansas' west is a world apart; health care an example of …

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 disability care firm gets state agency's green …

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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Grown: How to apply for a medical marijuana card in …

WEBMedical marijuana is displayed in a glass case for customers at Green Springs Medical Dispensary in Hot Springs on March 26, 2020. - File photo by The …

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Mask policies in state adapting to CDC guidance

WEBArkansas Health Secretary Dr. Jose Romero addresses a press conference at the state Capitol in Little Rock as Gov. Asa Hutchinson watches in this Friday, Feb. …

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Tracking Coronavirus

WEBArkansas’ first presumptive case of covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, was detected in Pine Bluff on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The patient had …

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Depression poses major health risk; experts see stress of …

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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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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Sanders designates Mallory, interim secretary of the Department …

WEBRenee Mallory, right, chief of staff for the Arkansas Department of Health, along with Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks Tuesday Aug. 24, 2021 during the weekly press …

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Whole Health institute will be built on museum grounds

WEBBENTONVILLE -- The Whole Health Institute will be built at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, according to a news release. Walmart heiress Alice …

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Grown: How to get a copy of an Arkansas birth certificate or other

WEBArkansans seeking a copy of their birth certificate or other vital records can look to the state Department of Health for assistance, no matter which county the event …

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Biden health official delays menthol ban The Arkansas Democrat

WEBBiden health official delays menthol ban. Today at 4:51 a.m. by MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLERThe Associated Press

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State unveils redo of defendant mental exams The Arkansas …

WEBState authorities unveiled a program Thursday to streamline the legal process for criminal defendants whose mental health has been called into question.

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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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LR School Board OKs system’s path forward The Arkansas …

WEBA school bus passes as students head into the building for the first day of school at Little Rock Central High School on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020.

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Maternal healthcare advocates, specialists attend summit

WEBThe improvement of maternal healthcare outcomes in minority communities across Arkansas was the main topic of discussion Tuesday during a health summit that …

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Schools in Batesville earn Green Ribbon Arkansas Democrat Gazette

WEBThe Batesville School District is a 2024 recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's Green Ribbon School District Sustainability Award for the system's …

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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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North Arkansas facility reduces toxic gas emissions following …

WEBA north Arkansas industrial facility is cutting emissions of a cancer-causing chemical after reporting some of the highest releases of ethylene oxide nationwide in …

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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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Charities champion health and the arts Arkansas Democrat Gazette

WEBBenefits with Friends. Charities champion health and the arts. a la Carte, Gala for Education, Spring Gala, Go Red. Today at 1:00 a.m. by Carin Schoppmeyer

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

WEBWASHINGTON -- Conservative Supreme Court justices voiced skepticism Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade …

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Arkansas reports first case of locally contracted malaria in Saline

WEBThe first locally acquired case of malaria in the state was identified earlier this week in Saline County, Dr. Naveen Patil, deputy state health officer and medical …

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OPINION LET’S TALK: Designers Choice modeling gig about so …

WEBThere are those times when, after standing on the outside looking in through the window for so long, we find that a door opens. That last happened to me in 2021 …

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MASTERSON ONLINE: Relief and dignity in leaving

WEBGiven the choice of suffering in bed with an incurable fatal ailment and enduring more weeks, months or years without hope for improvement, what would you …

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Police: Bella Vista woman worked at rehab facility without nursing

WEBFAYETTEVILLE -- A Bella Vista woman was arrested Thursday after authorities said she worked at a Springdale nursing home while using another person's nursing …

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