The February 2018 issue of AMS NewsBriefs has been distributed via email and printed mail. Members, if you did not receive a copy, please give us a call to update your subscription preferences at 800-542-1058. The issue is available online in the Publications section as well as excerpts in the Latest News section.… Read More

Save the dates! October 2 & 3 – Little Rock, Wyndham Hotel October 11 – Fayetteville, Hilton Garden Inn October 18 – Jonesboro, ASU Convocation Center… Read More

Medicine is always a balancing act, and this year’s best-read stories for physicians hit on that perennial theme. Whether weighing doctors’ home and working lives or pain control and the risk of abuse, these articles… Read More

The October 2016 issue of AMS NewsBriefs has been distributed via email and printed mail. Members, if you did not receive a copy, please give us a call to update your subscription preferences at 800-542-1058.… Read More

Authors: Nathaniel Smith, MD, MPH and Gregory H. Bledsoe, MD, MPH  | As seen in the November issue of the Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society. What is “medical marijuana”?  To respond to this question meaningfully, we must… Read More

The latest edition of AMS NewsBriefs has been distributed via email and printed mail. Members, if you did not receive a copy, please give us a call to update your subscription preferences at 800-542-1058. The… Read More

(from AMA Wire) – Members of Congress will be heading home in a few weeks for summer recess to meet with their constituents—now’s the time to make sure you get a seat at the table to… Read More

With the Oct. 1 ICD-10 implementation date behind us, the AMA has revised its online ICD-10 information and resources. If physicians experience any problems with the processing of claims or other administrative transactions, they should… Read More

Physicians now have an additional three weeks, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on March 20, to attest to meaningful use for the 2014 reporting year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the… Read More

Representatives from ABCBS and its family of companies have been reaching out to the Arkansas provider community for more than two years about the need to be prepared for ICD-10. They have been offering providers… Read More

At the October 31 meeting of the AMS Board of Trustees, the Board approved a new “exclusive sponsorship” agreement with State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company. The AMS requested proposals from five of the major medical… Read More