Health Workforce Related News & Updates: Arkansas

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Match Day Results Show Need to Increase Graduate Medical Education Slots
April 26, 2013 -- This year, 1,097 U.S. senior medical students did not match in the first round, up from 815 last year. The results indicate a need to increase the number of Medicare-supported graduate medical education positions.
Source: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Tagged keywords: Arkansas, Education and Training, Florida, Medicare and Medicaid, Physicians, Primary Care, Residency Programs, Texas

Arkansas Senators to Vote on Extending PCA Training Requirements
March 28, 2013 -- Arkansas state senators are expected to vote on April 1 on a bill that requires all personal care aides (PCAs) to have 40 hours of training as a condition of employment.
Source: PHI
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Tagged keywords: Arkansas, Home Health Aides and Home Care Aides, Licensure and Certification, Medicare and Medicaid

Report: Shortage of Primary Care Providers in Rural Arkansas
March 27, 2013 -- Article tells of a recent study that shows Arkansas' health care workers aren't going to rural areas of the state. The good news is that the supply of primary care clinicians is increasing in Arkansas and may approach the statewide requirements by 2020.
Source: Arkansas Business
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Tagged keywords: Arkansas, Family Medicine Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Physicians, Primary Care, Rural, Supply and Demand, Trends and Emerging Issues

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Delta Health Care Services Grants
March 26, 2013 -- This grant provides financial assistance for the development of health care services, health care cooperatives, health education programs, health care training programs, and public health-related facilities in the Delta Region.
Source: Federal Register
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