HJAR Mar/Apr 2023

DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Desk ................................................................................................. 8 Healthcare Briefs ................................................................................... 31 Hospital Rounds ...................................................................................... 61 Ad Index ....................................................................................................... 66 FEATURES Arkansas Hospital Association’s Legislative Agenda . ......................................... 10 Bo Ryall President & CEO, Arkansas Hospital Association Changing from a Traditional Health System to a System that Delivers Health ........................................ 17 Kenny J. Cole, MD, MHCDS Value-Based Healthcare Correspondent Regulators Overhaul Inspections of Hospice Providers ..................................... 22 Ava Kofman, ProPublica CMS’ Arkansas Hospice Care Index Rankings ....................................... 25 CORRESPONDENTS Policy ............................................................................................................. 38 ADH Corner .............................................................................................. 40 Medicaid ...................................................................................................... 42 Children’s Health .................................................................................. 44 Urology ........................................................................................................ 46 Neurology ................................................................................................... 48 Oral Health ................................................................................................ 50 Oncology ..................................................................................................... 54 Cardiology .................................................................................................. 56 Pain Medicine .......................................................................................... 58 March / April 2023 I Vol. 10, No. 2 Contents 25 10