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Saturday, March 30, 2019
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therapy rule” that would limit the hours children were then receiving at DDTCS programs.
• More changes to the Medicaid program were announced, with proposed rule changes to ARChoices, a program that includes in-home and community-based services for adults with physical disabilities as well as senior citizens. The proposed changes could affect local residents and businesses.
Changes in the rule would range from altering the process of assessment for program applicants to changing the services that care providers give as well as defining who may be a caregiver.
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• The Medical Center of South Arkansas and the Arkansas Heart Hospital announced an alliance reflecting their commitment to heart health in southern Arkansas. The two would work together to strengthen the recruitment of physicians specializing in cardiology, enhance heart health educational opportunities and better meet the health needs of the communities they serve across the region.
• In recognition of a longtime surgeon, the Medical Center of South Arkansas named its new conference center the Robert C. Tommey Conference Center in honor of Dr. Robert Tommey.
Tommey has served as a surgeon for MCSA for over 36 years.
• Union County was able to test stroke detection
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Honored: MCSA General surgeon Dr. Robert Tommey stands next to a plaque naming the hospital’s new conference center after him.
in partnership with UAMS Center for Distance Health, DHS and 55 hospitals including MSCA.
The program was aimed to study the effectiveness of telemedicine in an ambulance. The vehicle was set up with a touchscreen that allows paramedics to call ahead to a stroke neurologist with three cameras over a patient so the physician could look for visible signs of stroke.
• Arkansas Children’s Hospital announced a joint commitment with MCSA, making MCSA the newest member of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s Nursery Alliance, which would help elevate neonatal care for the region’s newborns. MCSA was the fifth member to be added to the alliance.
The two-part program would include educating physicians and specialists
on how to be more proficient with infant care, and to focus on a neonatal intensive care unit. The program would help keep more moms and their babies closer to home and together.
• After an absence, the "Discussions with the Doctor" series was announced that it would be returning in March 2019. The quarterly series is a joint effort between the UAMS South Arkansas Center on Aging Education Center and MCSA and is aimed toward anyone in the community who would like to come and listen to speakers cover various health related topics. Participants are welcome to attend and ask any questions. This forum would be a way to connect the community with members of the local health care industry, as well as provide resources and education.
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