Stories from Monday, June 28, 2021

Cape Girardeau, MO. – The Clinic at Walmart, a rural health clinic operated by SoutheastHEALTH in Dexter, MO, has been recognized as one of the top rural primary care practices in the United States according to the 2021 Lilypad Awards, the first and only ranking program for the nation’s nearly 4,600 rural health clinics. The award recognizes rural health clinics that outperform their rural primary care practice peers in terms of efficiency and operational excellence...

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge recently announced the appointment of Dexter native Grant DeProw as a Senior Assistant Attorney General in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. In this position, DeProw will help lead Rutledge’s effort to investigate and prosecute violations of Arkansas and federal law involving Medicaid providers and the abuse or neglect of nursing home residents and other Medicaid recipients...