CHI St. Vincent announced that its parent company, CommonSpirit Health, has named Bob Sarkar as market vice president of population health and physician alignment on an interim basisective June 30.
In this role, Sarkar will oversee CommonSpirit’s Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) across its Tennessee/Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Ohio markets.
Geriatric psychiatrist Jessica Stovall, MD, recently joined Baptist Health Behavioral Health Clinic-North Little Rock.
Stovall earned a degree and completed a residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where she also completed a geriatric psychiatry fellowship. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry.
By: Jennifer Shutt, Ariana Figueroa, Ashley Murray and Jacob Fischler - June 24, 2025 Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans were scrambling Tuesday to restructure several proposals in the “big, beautiful bill” that don’t meet their chamber’s strict rules for passing a reconciliation package, while GOP lawmakers on the other side of the Capitol warned those changes may doom its passage in the House.
Baptist Health Neuroscience Center invites healthcare professionals to participate in the third annual Baptist Health Neuroscience Symposium on Oct. 10.
The symposium will be offered as a hybrid event for both on-site and virtual attendance. For those attending on-site, the event will be at the Hot Springs Convention Center, 134 Convention Blvd., in Hot Springs.
By: Ainsley Platt - June 26, 2025 Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas will receive $44.5 million of a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family for their role in the United States’ opioid epidemic.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced the settlement share Wednesday, and said the state would begin receiving the money next year. The annual payments will continue until 2040.
