Mick Tilford
August 31, 2020
UAMS Study Finds Savings in Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Value-Based Primary Care Programs
Overall health care costs decreased for patients at clinics participating in Arkansas Blue Cross and Shield value-based primary care programs, according to a study by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The study also found reductions in inpatient stays and use of emergency departments. The insurance company partnered with researchers at the UAMS…
April 23, 2019
Medicaid Expansion States See Decline in Low-Birth-Weight for Black Infants, UAMS Researchers Report in JAMA
LITTLE ROCK | States that expanded Medicaid showed a significant reduction in low-birth-weight and preterm births for black infants, but no significant difference in those rates overall, researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) report in an article published today in JAMA. Since 1990, states have been required to provide Medicaid coverage…
May 29, 2018
Community Factors Drive Hospital Readmissions in the Delta
May 29, 2018 | Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) call for revision to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program to reduce unintended consequences that could threaten the health care delivery system in the Mississippi Delta region in a new study published in The American Journal of Managed Care. The program provides…
May 11, 2017
Walton College, UAMS Collaborate on Healthcare Management M.B.A.
May 11, 2017 | The Sam M. Walton College of Business is collaborating with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health to offer a Healthcare Management track for its Executive Master in Business Administration program. Beginning this summer, students in the Executive M.B.A. program will be able to…