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Autumn 2025

Autumn 2025

Featured articles

Supporting family caregivers during the holidays and beyond

  • By Patty Gibson, MD, FAPA - Medical Director for Behavioral Health
  • October 1, 2025

Being a caregiver for a loved one is an important job – and it can be a tough one. Caregivers help meet their loved ones’ health needs while still allowing them to enjoy the comforts of home.

We’re Here for You

  • By Curtis Barnett, President and CEO, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
  • October 1, 2025

As we enter the fall season and prepare for open enrollment, we recognize that rising healthcare costs, shifting regulations and economic pressures have created turbulence in the healthcare marketplac...

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Advocating for loved ones in the hospital

  • by Mark T. Jansen, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
  • October 1, 2025

Hospitals and their staff are vital to providing medical care and services for more serious medical concerns. Whether it is routine surgery, a more complex one or treating a significant medical illness, we are thankful every day to have such places to help us and our loved ones in our time of need.

Kids thrive at Camp Thrive

  • By Kennedy T. Kinley
  • October 1, 2025

For students, the end of summer brings back-to-school preparation and nerves. Successfully balancing classes, homework, and activities starts with a strong foundation and a good plan for the year before ever setting foot on campus.

Providence Park – A community for neighbors in need

  • October 1, 2025

In early September, Providence Park began accepting applications from hopeful neighbors (as Stanger calls them). The project's first phase includes 100 homes, with 10 homes expected to be ready before the harsh part of winter arrives.

ARHOME & women’s health

  • October 1, 2025

Did you know that certain women’s health services, like cancer and infection screenings, and checkups to discuss things like birth control, are free for ARHOME members?

Community Calendar

  • October 1, 2025

We’ve usually got something going on at our seven ArkansasBlue Welcome Centers. Call or come by if you want to discuss insurance coverage, book one of our community rooms or participate in our community events and giveaways.

Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act

  • October 1, 2025

The Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 introduced changes in insurance coverage for a mastectomy. In accordance with the law, all group and individual health plans that provide medical and surgical benefits for mastectomy will cover reconstructive breast surgery.

ANNUAL NOTICE: 2026 summary of benefits and coverage

  • October 1, 2025

As required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) (OMB Control Numbers 1545-2229, 1210-0147 and 0938-1146) provides information regarding coverage specifications and limitations that apply to the health insurance plan you have selected.

Reggie Favors inducted to 2025 Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame

  • October 1, 2025

Regina “Reggie” Favors, who served Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield for more than 40 years, advancing from claims processor to president and chief executive officer of Pinnacle Business Solutions, was among the ninth class of the 2025 Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.

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Two women, a baby … and a strong bond

  • By Linda S. Haymes | Photographs by Cindy Momchilov/Camera Work Photography
  • January 23, 2026

In September 2019, Fredisha Goodfellow of Marion (Crittenden County in northeastern Arkansas) gave birth to her first child, Winter. While the pregnancy was low risk, the delivery was difficult and le...

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