Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has reached a settlement, along with 47 other states, with Cephalon and affiliated companies. The settlement ends a multistate investigation into anticompetitive conduct by Cephalon to protect its monopoly on the drug market, bringing in major profits for its landmark wakefulness drug, Provigil. Due to its conduct, Cephalon delayed generic, cheaper versions of Provigil from entering the market for several years.
August 8, 2016
Mark Kenneday, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) vice chancellor of operations, recently received the Crystal Eagle award from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.
August 8, 2016
Arkansas Children’s leadership, alongside lead investors and patient families, launched a $70 million campaign to transform children’s health in the region. CARE CLOSE TO HOME: The Campaign for Arkansas Children’s Northwest will fund construction of a freestanding children’s hospital in Northwest Arkansas.
August 8, 2016
Six new members have been named to the CARTI Foundation Board of Directors and will each serve three-year terms leading the fundraising arm of the statewide network of cancer care providers. New CARTI Foundation board members include:
● Representative Fred Allen, of Little Rock;
● Ann Freely, of Maumelle;
● Steve Jonsson, of Little Rock;
● Charles Nabholz, of Conway;
● Mary Ellen Thompson, of Little Rock; and
● Jan Zimmerman, of Little Rock.
August 8, 2016
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the conviction of a Johnson County woman for Medicaid fraud. Sherry Wommack pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court. Wommack was sentenced to three years’ probation and ordered to pay a fine of $600. As part of the sentencing agreement, she paid $5,606.75 in restitution to the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund.
Wommack, 46, of Clarksville pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud, a Class C felony. Wommack billed the Arkansas Medicaid Program for services that were not rendered.
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