Dr. Nisha Viswanathan, a board-certified Internal Medicine physician, has joined the AMS Board of  Trustees, representing District 2. She is currently a hospitalist and core faculty member of the IM residency program at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Dr. Viswanathan attended UAMS for medical school and trained at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York  for residency. In addition, Dr. Viswanathan is the president of the Independence County Medical Society and writes a biweekly column on health and health… Read More

At the Fall Meeting held on November 2 in Heber Springs new AMS Constitution and Bylaws were approved by the officers, district trustees and members in attendance. The new bylaws eliminated the House of Delegates… Read More

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.… 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