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.
Patricia A. Cowan, PhD, RN, dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, was invested Aug. 4 in the Linda C. Hodges Dean’s Chair.
Nancy Embry, RN, and Barbara Malott, RN, of Conway, both lactation specialists in the Conway Regional Women’s & Infants’ Department recently earned their International Board Certified Lactation Consultant credentials (IBCLC).
Ryan E. Hall, MD, has joined the CARTI medical staff as a hematologist/oncologist, according to Jan Burford, CARTI president and chief executive officer.
Mikaila Wilson Calcagni, of Fayetteville, has been awarded the Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.