LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 31 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release:
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July 31, 2026 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) chancellor Lowry C. Barnes, M.D., recently met with UAMS East Regional Campus employees and discussed the newly signed co-management agreement between UAMS and Helena Hospital.
The co-management agreement allows UAMS leadership to help manage the hospital's operations and strategy. The chancellor said that changing the trajectory will take time, given the hospital's history of financial distress. In 2020, Helena Hospital closed its labor and delivery unit and later prevented bankruptcy by becoming a rural emergency hospital with only an emerge...