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HEALTH PROMOTION & DISEASE PREVENTION
 
Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
 
Combating Childhood & Adolescent Obesity
 

Link to ArCOP website: www.arkansasobesity.org

 

State Employee Health Risk Assessments & Wellness Strategy

 

Vehicular Safety

 
 
HEALTH CARE FINANCING
 

2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

ARHealthNetworks
State Coverage Institute
Governor's  Roundtable on Health Care
Navigating the Landscape of Health Care (2005-2015)
 
 
ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE
 

State Employee Health Care Quality and Health Disparities

Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration
 
 
HEALTH DATA TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
Arkansas Health Data Initiative (HDI)
Data Resources
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Health Policy Board

 

ACHI's Health Policy Board consists of 21 members from across the state who bring diverse perspectives and interests on health.  This board guides and sets policy recommendations to benefit the citizens of the state, thus allowing ACHI to serve as an independent voice articulating the needs of Arkansans.

 

Click here for Health Policy Board Position Statements and Issue Background

 

2011 Membership   

 

 

Jerry Adams

President/CEO

Arkansas Research Alliance

Conway, Arkansas

 

Joseph Bates, MD

Deputy State Public Health Officer and Chief Science Officer

Arkansas Department of Health

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Larnell Davis

Executive Director

Jefferson Comprehensive Care System

Pine Bluff, Arkansas

 

Anthony Fletcher, MD

Cardiologist

Little Rock, Arkansas

2012-2013 Chair

 

Joe Fox, MBA

President

Community Bakery, Inc.

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Stephanie Gardner, PharmD, EdD

Professor and Dean

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Ray Hanley

President and CEO

Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Susan Hanrahan, PhD

Dean, Nursing and Health Professions

Arkansas State University

Jonesboro, Arkansas

 

Don Hollingsworth, JD (retired)

Former Senior Associate

Arkansas Center for Health Improvement

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Kurt Knickrehm, MBA

Vice President, Rebsamen Insurance

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Ray Kordsmeier

Owner

Kordsmeier Furniture

Conway, Arkansas

 

Andrew Kumpuris, MD

Cardiologist

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Robert McGinnis

Former Member, AR House of Representatives

West Memphis, Arkansas

 

Ray Montgomery

President/CEO

White County Medical Center

Searcy, Arkansas

 

Len Nichols, PhD

Health Economist

Director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics

Fairfax, Virginia

 

Eddie Ochoa, MD

Associate Professor

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

James Raczynski, PhD (Ex-Officio)

Dean

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Mary Beth Ringgold

President

Cajun's Wharf, Capers and Copper Grill

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Herb Sanderson

Associate State Director for Advocacy

AARP

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Robert Shoptaw (retired)

Former President

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

G. Richard Smith, MD

Marie Wilson Howells Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Joe Thompson, MD, MPH (Ex-Officio)

Director, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Susan Ward-Jones, MD

CEO

East Arkansas Family Health Center, Inc.

West Memphis, Arkansas