Mark Friedman

4 days ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Mark Friedman

Nathan Myers grew tired of his friend Scott Roper canceling their Dungeons & Dragons game night because of work at his medical billing company. In health care billing, “you always run into a lot of unique and challenging problems you’re always trying to fix,” said Roper, vice president administration of Professional Consulting Services Inc. of Conway. Myers, who has started a few startup companies, said to Roper, “Can’t we fix this? Can we automate this? Like, what?

4 days ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Mark Friedman

Central Arkansas defense attorney Chad Green says he was in the grip of a temporary episode of psychosis when he made headlines after a violent exchange with a Loomis armored car guard in 2024. Green, 48, described the encounter in a lawsuit he filed last month in Pulaski County Circuit Court.

1 week ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Mark Friedman

A U.S. District Court judge recently rejected Walmart Inc.’s request to toss a jury verdict last year that awarded $101.2 million to its supplier of nitrile gloves ordered during the pandemic. On April 14, Walmart filed a notice of appeal to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis.

1 week ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Mark Friedman

Proposed changes to the administration of the Affordable Care Act could be a blow to several health care industries, from hospitals to insurance agents. In March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule, which recommends changes to the health insurance marketplaces, as well as changes affecting health insurance issuers, brokers and agents who enroll people in Affordable Care Act coverage.

2 weeks ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Mark Friedman

Northwest Arkansas attorney Justin L. Crawley left a trail of unpaid bills in the months before he was charged on April 11 with felony theft of property and forgery, court records show. The bills included those for items like a Ford F-450 truck and a tractor. He also owed nearly $26,000 in unpaid rent and late fees for his law office in Springdale. And then there was the $130,425 check for 83 head of cattle that never cleared the bank.