HJAR Mar/Apr 2021

DEPARTMENTS Healthcare Briefs ................................................................................... 27 Hospital Rounds ..................................................................................... 61 Ad Index ....................................................................................................... 66 FEATURES Leading a Practice Through COVID-19 . ............................................ 8 E. Scot Davis, CMPE CEO, Arkansas Urology The State of Arkansas’ Hospitals . .... 15 Bo Ryall President and CEO, Arkansas Hospital Association Navigating the Journey’s End .......... 20 Q&A with Arkansas Hospice Judith S. Wooten, MHA, FACHE President and CEO, Arkansas Hospice Brian Bell, MD Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Arkansas Hospice Barbara Ross, BS, CCLS, CT Director of Bereavement, Arkansas Hospice Carly Claud, LCSW Licensed Social Worker, Arkansas Hospice Contents CORRESPONDENTS Policy ............................................................................................................. 32 Secretary’s Corner ................................................................................. 36 Medicaid ...................................................................................................... 38 Children’s Health.......................................................................... 40 Neurology........................................................................................ 42 Urology.............................................................................................. 44 Community Health .............................................................................. 46 Cardiology....................................................................................... 50 Oncology.......................................................................................... 52 Oral Health ................................................................................................ 54 Rural Health.................................................................................... 58 March / April 2021 I Vol. 8, No. 2 8 15