Arkansas leaders work to close gap between medical school graduates and in-state residencies
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Google-News-Wire
- December 25, 2023
- Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
- american association of medical colleges
- Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
- Arkansas State University
- cam patterson
- conway regional health system
- John Boozman
- medical education
- medicare
- osteopathic medicine
- Physicians
- primary care physician
- residency
- rural health care
- rural hospitals
- student loan debt
- UAMS
The number of students graduating from Arkansas medical schools has outpaced the number of residency slots in the state for the last three years, disrupting the state’s student-to-doctor pipeline. But Arkansas leaders in medical education are working to add more residency positions to the state’s hospitals in hopes of alleviating the physician shortage. This matters […]
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Countdown to shutdown | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in […]
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Biden administration urges Arkansas, others to slow down on dropping people from Medicaid
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Google-News-Wire
- June 12, 2023
- Allie Gardner
- Andrew DeMillo
- arkansas
- Biden
- centers for medicare & medicaid services
- Child Poverty
- Federal assistance in the United States
- florida
- Health_Medical_Pharma
- Healthcare reform in the United States
- idaho
- Medi-Cal
- medicaid
- Medicaid Coverage Gap
- Medicaid Managed Care
- medicare
- Oklahoma
- Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- social issues
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- United States
- Xavier Becerra
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday urged states to slow down their purge of Medicaid rolls, citing concerns that large numbers of lower-income people are losing health care coverage due to administrative reasons. The nation’s Medicaid rolls swelled during the coronavirus pandemic as states were prohibited from ending people’s coverage. But […]
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Mayor Eric Adams’ nuclear option would save NYC billions in retiree healthcare costs
New York City is needlessly losing $50 million a month meeting its obligation to cover retired municipal workers’ health-care costs; most unions are on board with a plan that would save that cash while giving each retiree options. But because the City Council refuses to allow it, City Hall has no choice but to unilaterally […]
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Arkansas governor announces rural health coverage with Medicaid program
HARRISON, Ark. (KY3) – Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced the state’s request to expand and adjust the Medicaid Program in the state was approved last Tuesday. Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me (ARHOME), replaced Arkansas Works, the prior version of the Medicaid expansion health coverage program in Arkansas, earlier this year. ARHOME offers health care […]
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