Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
Maternal mortality has been described as the “tip of the iceberg” and severe maternal morbidity (SMM) as the base. SMM events, also known as maternal near-miss events, occur much more frequently than maternal deaths despite receiving less public attention. Our updated infographic examines the impact of severe maternal morbidity in Arkansas.
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Maternal mortality has been described as the “tip of the iceberg” and severe maternal morbidity (SMM) as the base. SMM events, also known as maternal near-miss events, occur much more frequently than maternal deaths despite receiving less public attention. Our updated infographic examines the impact of severe maternal morbidity in Arkansas.
Employers offering self-insured health plans to their employees often contract with third-party administrators to provide administrative services such as managing plan enrollment and processing claims. This explainer examines what third-party administrators do, how they differ from traditional insurers, the regulatory environment in which they operate, and related policy concerns and issues.
In this study, we linked birth and death certificate data to enrollment and claims data to identify infants covered by Medicaid who died within their first year of life, assess their causes of death, and profile their healthcare utilization.
Blog Posts
Kids love trick-or-treating, but the increased pedestrian traffic on Halloween raises the risk for accidents. We have some tips to help ensure kids get home safe and sound.
States will be allowed to apply their own definitions of short-term, limited-duration insurance without facing penalties while the federal government reconsiders its policies.
Dr. Joe Thompson, ACHI president emeritus and a professor of pediatrics and public health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, a congressionally chartered organization that serves as the scientific academy of the United States.
Podcast by ACHI
A visit to the dentist is about more than clean teeth; it’s about whole health and wellness. Arkansas ranks poorly in oral health and has one of the lowest utilization rates for dental services in the country, but there are ongoing efforts to better understand and overcome barriers to care. In one of its latest initiatives, the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation partnered with the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute to gather new data and on-the-ground community perspectives on oral health in Arkansas. To learn more about that project and what they learned, we’re joined on this episode of the Wonks at Work podcast by Dr. Sharon Lanier, executive director of the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation.
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