HJAR Nov/Dec 2025

DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Desk ......................................................................................... 7 Healthcare Briefs ............................................................................ 29 Hospital Rounds .............................................................................. 47 Ad Index ................................................................................................ 50 FEATURES Inside Mena Regional’s Critical Access Transition ............................................. 8 A Blueprint for Strengthening Rural Healthcare in Arkansas Michael Wood, DPT CEO, Mena Regional Health System Inside the White House Autism Briefing and the Ripple Effects Now Reaching Exam Rooms Across Arkansas ............................. 14 What’s Wrong with Healthcare? Part 5 .......... 24 Me vs. We — Us vs. Them Kenny J. Cole, MD, MHCDS Value-Based Healthcare Correspondent CORRESPONDENTS ADH Corner ....................................................................................... 34 Medicaid .............................................................................................. 36 Children’s Health ........................................................................... 38 Oral Health ........................................................................................ 40 Nursing ................................................................................................. 42 Rural Health ...................................................................................... 44 November / December 2025 I Vol. 12, No. 6 Contents 14 8 © USHJ 2025