Biden Administration Targets 10 Drugs for Medicare Price-Lowering Talks
The move is expected to cut costs for many patients, but it faces litigation from drugmakers and heavy criticism from Republican lawmakers. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 29, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

I3R Neural Prosthesis Project Gets $5M Grant From Defense Department
The grant will add Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, as a second clinical trial site. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 29, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

SPONSORED: Lessons From The Elders: 9 Traits of Healthy Living That 'Blue Zone Centenarians' Share
It’s a demographic truth: Americans are getting older. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 29, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Attacks at US Medical Centers Show Why Health Care is One of The Nation's Most Violent Fields
Data shows American health care workers now suffer more nonfatal injuries from workplace violence than workers in any other profession, including law enforcement. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 29, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Arkansas Business Announces 2023 CFO of the Year Finalists
An awards ceremony will be held Nov. 2 at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 28, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Brooke Willows Joins St. Bernards (Movers & Shakers)
(Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 28, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Nikesha Nesbitt Named Dean of the University College at ASU (Movers & Shakers)
She had been serving as interim dean since the university’s spring semester. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 28, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Medical Marijuana Prices Decline in Arkansas
As the medical cannabis industry matures in Arkansas, the price of medical marijuana has been coming down. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 28, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

UAMS Master of Health Administration Program Goes 100% Online
Program director Stephen Bowman said the change will help attract a wider range of MHA students. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 23, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Babies Should Get Recently Approved Drug for RSV, CDC Says
An infection with RSV is a coldlike nuisance for most healthy people, but it can be life-threatening for the very young and the elderly. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 22, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Karen Farst Named Chief Medical Officer at Arkansas Children's
Farst leads the child maltreatment program at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, where she also serves as chief of medical staff. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 21, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Blue Cross & Blue Shield Awards $2.6M in Innovation Grants
The programs provide financial resources to encourage primary care clinics to test ideas that advance patient care, improve outcomes and reduce low-value care. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 21, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

UAMS Researcher Awarded $1.9M Grant for Alzheimer's Study
The goal of the research is to test and potentially treat a newly discovered element of energy usage in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 21, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

State Jobless Rate Holds at 2.6% in July
The greatest annual growth occurred in leisure and hospitality, private education and health services. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 21, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Jason Browning Hired as General Counsel at CARTI (Movers & Shakers)
He was previously an attorney at Wright Lindsey Jennings. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - August 21, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news