New medical residency program launches
Illustration: Eniola Odetunde/Axios Washington Regional Medical Center and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest Regional Campus will soon launch the first batch of 92 new residency slots to be phased in by 2030. Why it matters: NWA needs doctors, and more in-state residencies mean more people working in medicine who could stay and […]
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Arkansas gets federal approval to expand Medicaid
Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios The Biden administration and the Center for Medicaid Services approved an amendment expanding the state’s Medicaid program, ARHOME, at Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s request. What’s happening: The expansion will be geared toward improving maternal care, mental health services, addiction services and added support for people coming out of foster care, prison and […]
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Obamacare premiums rise for 2023, but enhanced subsidies will protect most enrollees | #alaska | #politics
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CNN — After four straight years of premium declines, Affordable Care Act policies will be more costly in 2023. However, most enrollees won’t feel the increase thanks to enhanced federal subsidies that congressional Democrats were able to extend. The average monthly premium for the benchmark silver plan in 2023 will rise by 4% in the […]
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Mayor halts redevelopment of Atlanta Medical Center site
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center will close by Nov. 1. Credit: Getty Images The city is taking steps to map out what’s next for the soon-to-be-vacant Atlanta Medical Center once Wellstar closes the hospital by November. Driving the news: Mayor Andre Dickens on Monday issued an executive order to temporarily stop future redevelopment on the 25-acre […]
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Judge blocks Indiana’s near-total abortion ban | #alaska | #politics
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CNN — A state judge on Thursday blocked an Indiana law banning abortion at all stages of pregnancy with limited exceptions from being enforced, a week after it went into effect. The court order allows for abortions up to 20 weeks after fertilization (or 22 weeks after the mother’s last menstrual period) to resume in […]
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Zhang part of ballot integrity research supported through $1.2 million NSF grant – News | #elections | #alabama
Zhang’s NSF grant will help develop technology to make hand-marked paper ballot scanning more secure and efficient. Chengcui Zhang, Ph.D., Photography: Bruce SoutherlandChengcui Zhang, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been awarded a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Secure and Trustworthy […]
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Projects scrutinized as Arkansas’ ARPA funds dwindle
Water projects got a nod, while hospitals got a timeout from the Arkansas Legislative Council’s (ALC) expenditure review committee this week. State of play: Approval by the ALC is the next step in funding projects that received initial recommendations from the governor-appointed American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Steering Committee. Flashback: In all, the committee recommended […]
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A panel of Arkansas experts says abortion law makes pregnancy riskier
A Northwest Arkansas doctor is recommending that residents move out of state if they want to get pregnant. What’s happening: A panel of experts on Tuesday said the wording of Arkansas’ newly enacted abortion law puts physicians and hospitals in tough positions and pregnant people at a higher risk of health complications and death. The […]
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Arkansas hospitals approved for American Rescue Plan aid
Some Arkansas hospitals are on life support. What happened: A governor-appointed steering committee recommended $60 million of the state’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money be used to help hospitals on the verge of demise remain open for business. The positive vote from the committee came Wednesday along with 10 other health care-related projects, valued […]
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Pittsburgh mayor pulls city out of OnePGH fund
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is ending the city’s involvement in a nonprofit group that was created by his predecessor and raised more than $100 million in funding commitments.Watch the report in the video player above.Former Mayor Bill Peduto announced the OnePGH fund just weeks before last year’s mayoral primary election. Peduto lost the election to […]
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