ACHI Features

• Pharmacy Cost Trends and System Impacts: Drug Supply and Payments Fact Sheet The path of prescription drugs to consumers is determined by a series of complex relationships between drug manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and pharmacies. This second installment of the Pharmacy Cost Trends and System Impacts fact sheet series explores the drug supply chain, price measures in the industry, and price negotiation approaches.
• Medical Marijuana in Arkansas Nearly half of the states have legalized medical marijuana in some form, signifying a shift in the public perception and regulation of marijuana use. Legalization of medical marijuana by states has occurred despite the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) classification of marijuana as having no medical value. There are two citizen-driven medical marijuana initiatives in Arkansas in 2016 that have been approved by the Arkansas Secretary of State as having enough valid signatures to be on the ballot in November. This fact sheet provides a description of the initiatives and provides information about medical marijuana laws in other states and scientific study of medical uses of marijuana.
• Dental Coverage Infographic Need to go to the dentist but don’t have insurance? Check out the importance of dental care and options to receive care in ACHI’s new infographic.
• Pharmacy Cost Trends Fact Sheet As recent trends have shown, pharmaceutical costs remain a major contributor to overall healthcare spending. Our new fact sheet explores various factors influencing high drug costs, the impact of rising costs on state healthcare programs, and other policy considerations
• Opioid Use Infographic We have transformed our fact sheet on opioids into an infographic with information about use and policies to prevent misuse and abuse.
• Urgent Care Centers Arkansas and other states have seen a recent surge in the growth of urgent care centers (UCC). Our new fact sheet discusses UCC characteristics and policy considerations.
• Health and economic concerns addressed in ACHI fact sheet: Teen Pregnancy in Arkansas Despite a decline in recent years, the teen birth rate in the United States remains higher than in most other developed countries--and Arkansas has the highest rate in the nation.