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The United Health Foundation ranks Arkansas as the 49th healthiest state in the latest installment of its annual America’s Health Rankings report.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed limited implementation of two new Medicare payment models aimed at bringing domestic drug prices down and making them comparable with those of peer countries.

ACHI President and CEO Craig Wilson and other experts discuss the federal Rural Health Transformation Program and its potential impacts on Arkansas in the latest issue of the Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society.

The Trump administration has announced plans for a new voluntary payment model intended to increase access to GLP-1 drugs — a class of medications often used for weight loss and the treatment of diabetes and other chronic conditions — for certain Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

In this blog post, we highlight several new state and federal health laws that will take effect in 2026 — bringing changes to coverage requirements, preventive services, and healthcare financing and delivery systems.

As winter draws near, this is a good time to take precautions against respiratory illnesses. Cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity are rising in the region, and Arkansas has experienced a higher number of cases of whooping cough this year than it has in over a decade.

The percentage of kindergarten students with vaccine exemptions reached an all-time high in Arkansas and across the nation in the 2024-25 school year.

Arkansas policymakers are working to strengthen the state’s healthcare workforce, but measuring success will require better data on the state’s healthcare professionals. In a guest column for Talk Business & Politics, ACHI President and CEO Craig Wilson suggests a way the state could overcome this challenge.

We remember ACHI cofounder Suzanne McCarthy, whose impact on public health in Arkansas will be felt for generations. McCarthy died Dec. 1 in Louisville, Ky.