Healthcare in Craighead County and Northeast Arkansas is getting a financial boost as the state rolls out nearly $150 million in federal grants aimed at transforming rural healthcare.
The grant will be used to fund the organization’s mission of providing low-cost, high-quality medical care to low-income and uninsured individuals.
Arkansas hospitals were already facing rising costs and low reimbursement. Now changes to Medicaid are forcing local health systems to plan for another financial challenge
Officials say the shifts are part of a broader administrative reorganization across the Baptist Memorial health system.
The Baptist Health Mobile Health Unit has unveiled its late summer and early fall screening schedule, and it will be making a stop in Jonesboro.
A fall festival and market is scheduled in Jonesboro, aiming to raise money for mental health resources in the community.
Qualified students have the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree from UA Little Rock before continuing to NYITCOM at A-State for medical school.
In addition to caring for patients, Fedor will train future family medicine physicians as an assistant professor with the UAMS Northeast Family Medicine Residency Program.
As Jayson Smith approached his sophomore year at Nettleton High School, he knew he wanted to pursue a career in medicine, but he didn’t really know where to start.
“It’s just a labor of love. The volunteers have worked so hard in order to expand,” said Pat Farmer, manager of St. Bernards’ Volunteer Services. “We’re just excited to have a place that people want to come to.”