By: Tess Vrbin - June 30, 2025 Arkansas Advocate
Fertility treatment advocates have expressed concerns about a new Arkansas law they say is meant to cast doubt on the effectiveness of assisted reproductive technology, even though the law does not penalize or prohibit such treatments.
By: Dianne Marie Normand Hartley
In a Monday press conference billed as “Secretary Kennedy, Administrator Oz to Host Press Conference to Discuss Groundbreaking Health Insurance Reform,” the topic was prior authorizations.
We won’t go into the weeds—you’ve heard it all before. In 2018. In 2023. And now again in 2025.
We weren’t in the room, but I imagine insurance executives were thrilled. Something along the lines of: “Thanks for not regulating us—of course we’ll begin to monitor ourselves. They’re starting to pop us out there.”
Baptist Health Community Outreach is holding free monthly wellness meetups this summer.
The group will meet on the first Tuesday of each month from 5:30-7 p.m. at 10117 Kanis Road in Little Rock. Pre-registration is required. Refreshments will be provided.
-Tuesday, July 1 (Registration opened June 10)
-Tuesday, Aug. 5 (Registration opens July 15)
-Tuesday, Sept. 2 (Registration opens Aug. 12)
The Arkansas Health Care Association (AHCA), along with dignitaries and students, celebrated the opening of the AHCA School of Nursing. The initiative supports staffers within member facilities in pursuing a practical nurse license (LPN).
Joe Thompson, MD, president emeritus of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, was honored recently with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Network of Public Health Institutes.
