Experts: More low-cost specialty care options needed in Northwest Arkansas | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Experts: More low-cost specialty care options needed in Northwest Arkansas | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Groups and clinics work to provide choices for uninsured, underinsured patients

October 20, 2024 at 1:02 a.m.

Gael Langdon

Kathie Battenfield (right), a Washington County public health worker, administers a flu shot Thursday to a patient at Hillcrest Towers in Fayetteville. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences held a free mobile health screening administering flu shots to patients. UAMS mobile health screenings happen two to three times a week at different locations providing free or low cost health care options for low-income patients. Screening locations can be found on the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation website. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today’s photo gallery.

(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Caleb Grieger)

While there are opportunities for uninsured and underinsured patients in the region seeking free and low-cost specialty care, experts say the options are limited much in the same way specialty care services are in general.

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