Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Alec Farmer has been named to the board of directors for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Farmer, from Jonesboro, is the president of Farmer Enterprises, a family-owned farmland and property investment management company. He also serves on the boards…

Creshelle Nash, M.D., M.P.H., C.H.I.E., has been appointed to serve as the medical director for health equity and public programs, a newly created role, for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Nash will head up the company’s efforts to impact…

A new website has been launched to help Arkansas businesses access resources related to the COVID-19 vaccine. A group of Arkansas health care and business interests has partnered to launch vaccinatearkansas.com as part of the recently unveiled Vaccinate the Natural…

USAble Life has named Michelle Harding as its new senior vice president, general counsel and head of human resources organizational development (HROD). Harding will oversee all of USAble’s legal, compliance and HROD operations, serving as a strategic partner for senior…

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield (ABCBS) is launching a statewide health campaign to educate Arkansans on the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine and to encourage vaccination. Entitled “Vaccinate in the Natural State,” the project is a collaboration led by…

Arkansas State University has named Dr. Jessica Camp to the Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Endowed Nursing Professorship in Rural Health for the College of Nursing and Health Professions. She is the inaugural holder of the endowed professorship. Camp…

Good behavioral health is central to a thriving workplace culture The coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on the American worker’s financial, physical, and behavioral health unlike any event in recent history. In a 2020 survey measuring workforce attitudes toward…

A typical evening in a typical American household: husband or wife returns home from a job interview. The spouse wants to know specifics about the prospective employer’s health benefits and immediately asks, “Well, what about vision and dental?” Fact is,…

From smartphone apps to integrated systems, the health care sector is undergoing massive transformation driven in part by advances in technology. There has been an unprecedented level of investment and funding for new companies and solutions intended to disrupt the…

The usually bustling corner of Sixth and Gaines streets in downtown Little Rock is quiet these days, but the business of health insurance in Arkansas is anything but.  For Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which has called Gaines Street…