Bill: Immediately Reinstate People to Medicaid After Ruling
Arkansas Democratic lawmakers are calling for the state to immediately reinstate thousands of people kicked off the Medicaid expansion program because of a work requirement that's been halted by a federal judge. read more >
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A Vested Interest (Editorial)
Should Arkansans whose income makes them eligible for Arkansas Works, our unique approach to the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid, be required to work in order to receive health insurance? read more >
Arkansas Urges Appeal to Restore Medicaid Work Rules
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, whose state is at the center of the fight over work requirements for Medicaid recipients, says he wants to fight a judge's ruling blocking those rules, while Republicans elsewhere are trying to determine the decision's effect on their state. read more >
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Youth Home in Little Rock Announces Layoffs
Youth Home in Little Rock announced Wednesday that 31 of its 227 employees will be laid off by March 1. read more >
Multiple Ways to Keep Arkansas Works Insurance (Ray Hanley Commentary)
One aspect of the Medicaid expansion/Arkansas Works debate that gets little attention is the efforts to help eligible Arkansans keep their health insurance. read more >
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Another 1,200 Dropped From Arkansas Medicaid Over Work Rule
Arkansas officials say the number of people who have lost Medicaid coverage for not complying with a work requirement has risen to more than 18,000. read more >
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Arkansas Sets Up Helpline for Medicaid Work Rule Reports
Arkansas officials said Wednesday they're setting up a helpline for people on the state's Medicaid expansion program to report they've complied with a work requirement following complaints from advocacy groups. read more >
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Arkansas Drops 4,100 More From Medicaid Over Work Rule
Arkansas has nearly doubled the number of people removed from its expanded Medicaid program over a new work requirement that's the subject of a federal lawsuit. read more >
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How Quapaw Is Picking Up Preferred Family Healthcare’s Pieces
The end of Preferred Family Healthcare’s implosion in Arkansas, which jolted the state’s Medicaid service industry and scarred its political landscape, came not with a bang, but with a text. read more >
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Chocolate and Peanut Butter (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
I have a couple of favorite topics: white-collar crime and personal finance. A story that combines the two is as irresistible as chocolate and peanut butter. read more >
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Arkansas Drops 4,300 From Medicaid Plan Over New Work Rules
More than 4,300 people who were on Arkansas' expanded Medicaid rolls have lost coverage because they didn't comply with a new work requirement, making them the first to get kicked off the program under the rule. read more >
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Warren Dentist John Durmon Charged with Medicaid Fraud
Dr. John Durmon is accused of charged with two counts of Medicaid fraud totaling more than $185,000 after an investigation by the state Attorney General's Office. read more >
Former Billing Director of Nonprofit Charged With Medicaid Fraud
The former billing director for a nonprofit mental health provider has been arrested on felony charges of helping defraud Arkansas' Medicaid program of $2.2 million. read more >
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Lawsuit Filed Over Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirement
Three people on Arkansas' expanded Medicaid program sued the Trump administration on Tuesday seeking to block a newly implemented rule in the state that would drop coverage for them and thousands of others if they don't work 80 hours a month. read more >
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Pulaski, Crittenden Counties Lead State in Adult Day Care Centers
Twenty-two adult day care centers are operating in 12 counties of Arkansas. read more >
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Adult Day Care: Niche Offers Option to Home Care
With $8 billion in annual revenue nationwide, and more than 200,000 employees at about 15,000 care facilities, the adult day care industry is competing against other forms of senior assistance. read more >
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7,000 People Fail to Meet Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirement
More than 7,000 people on Arkansas' Medicaid expansion didn't meet a requirement that they report at least 80 hours of work in June and face the threat of losing their coverage if they fail to comply sometime before the end of this year, state officials said Friday. read more >
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Trustee Seeks to Recover Millions From Nursing Home Operators
The trustee for a bankrupt chain of Arkansas nursing homes has accused its out-of-state operators of pulling millions of dollars out of the facilities as unpaid bills piled up in 2015 and 2016. read more >
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Arkansas Senate OKs Bill to Keep Medicaid Expansion
An effort to continue Arkansas' Medicaid expansion another year has cleared a major hurdle in the state Legislature, a day after the Trump administration said the state could impose a work requirement on the program. read more >
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Work Requirement Approved for Arkansas’ Medicaid Expansion
The Trump administration on Monday approved Arkansas' plan to require thousands of people on its Medicaid expansion to work or volunteer, making Arkansas the third state allowed to impose such restrictions on coverage for the poor. read more >
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