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The MMCS Update is a quarterly publication addressing issues that are important to Arkansas Medicaid providers. Produced by AFMC's Medicaid Managed Care Services and the Arkansas Department of Human Services, the MMCS Update offers information about billing, quality improvement, recipient satisfaction and more.

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MMCS Update Quarterly Newsletter

Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society - A Closer Look at Quality Articles

 CategoryTitleDescription
May 2012Tick-related illnesses in Arkansas: Myths and ManagementBy J. Gary Wheeler, MD, MPS, and Jose R. Romero, MD
April 2012Building the medical home: After-hours accessBy J. Gary Wheeler, MD, MPS, and William Golden, MD, MACP
March 2012Screening for Colorectal Cancer: The Case for QualityBy Durado Brooks, MD, MPH, and Jo Nycum, BA, RN
January 2012Alzheimer’s dementia: An updateBy Pham H. Liem, MD
December 2011Medicare 10th Statement of Work: New QIO program aims for bold goals, system-level transformationBy Pam Brown, BSN, RN, CPHQ
November 2011Antipsychotics in Children: A Program for SafetyBy Juan Castro, MD
October 2011Electronic prescribing in ArkansasBy Gene Lu, MD and J. Gary Wheeler, MD, MPS
September 2011Treating GLBTQ YouthBy Chad Rogers, MD
August 2011The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding: Why all the fuss?By Kristine G. Palmer, MD
July 2011Women’s health: 2011 UpdatesBy Diana Weihs, MD and Gary Wheeler, MD, MPS
June 2011Improving patient safety by creating lasting behavior change: Lessons learned from hand hygieneBy Matthew Linam, MD, MS
May 2011Locations and outcomes of premature births in ArkansasBy Richard Nugent, MD; William E. Golden, MD, MACP; Whit Hall, MD; Janet Bronstein, PhD; David Grimes, MD; and Curtis Lowery, MD
April 2011The challenge of infant mortality reduction in ArkansasBy Bob West, MD, MPH; David L. Grimes, MD, MPH; and Richard Nugent, MD, MPH
February 2011The role of physicians in addressing childhood obesityBY J. Gary Wheeler, MD , MPS and Joy Rockenbach, BSE
January 2011Psych TLC: A new Arkansas resource for pediatric mental healthBy Juan L. Castro, MD; J. Lynn Taylor, MD; and William E. Golden, MD
December 2010Using reminder/recall to improve immunization rates in ArkansasBY Nennis Z. Kuo, MD, MHS and J. Gary Wheeler, MD, MPS
November 2010Care Transitions: Focus on quality and accountabilityBY J. Gary Wheeler , MD, MPS and PAMELA BROWN, RN, BSN, CPHQ

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