Arkansas Minority Health Commission hopes to address vaccine equity Share Updated: 9:37 PM CST Feb 22, 2021 Share Updated: 9:37 PM CST Feb 22, 2021
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Show Transcript QUESTIONS. WE’VE BEEN GETTING INTO OUR NEWSROOM OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS IS FROM PEOPLE ASKING WHERE AND WHEN THEY CAN GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE, BUT FOR MANY MEMBERS OF THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES HERE IN ARKANSAS. THE QUESTION IS WHY I GET IT. MINORITIES ARE BEING DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE VIRUS AND WE ARE DYING AT A HIGHER RATE. ACCORDING TO THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 15% OF THE IT’S COVID RELATED DEATHS ARE MEMBERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY 3.4 PERCENT ARE HISPANIC AND 1% ARE PACIFIC ISLANDER THE GOAL OF THE MINORITY HEALTH COMMISSION IS TO HELP THESE COMMUNITIES GET EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE COVID-19 VACCINE AND EDUCATE THEM ON WHY COVID-19 HAS IMPACTED OUR COMMUNITY AND FAR WORSE WAY THAN OTHERS MY MOTHER. WE ALMOST LOST MY MOTHER ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT
California Hospital Says Arkansas BCBS Breached Implied-in-Fact Contract, Owes Over $100K
January 25, 2021 On Friday in the Northern District of California, Stanford Health Care filed a complaint against Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) and other unknown defendants, alleging that Arkansas BCBS failed to pay Stanford Hospital a bill of more than $100,000 and thus has breached an implied-in-fact contract.
Pursuant to a written contract between Stanford Hospital and Anthem Blue Cross, according to the plaintiff, Stanford Hospital “agreed to render medically necessary care to individual enrollees of Anthem Blue Cross health plans, including out-of-state affiliates of Anthem Blue Cross,” like Arkansas BCBS. The contract also gave the affiliates access to “discounted rates” in exchange for reimbursement of the medically necessary services, the complaint said.
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