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More than 6,700 school and state employees will pay higher premiums for health insurance next year because they or their spouses failed to fill out questionnaires about their health, a state official said Tuesday. → Read More
A women's clothing store owner who is treasurer of the state Republican Party has been named director of a new state unit responsible for reducing waste and improper spending in the state's $7 billion Medicaid program. → Read More
Millions of uninsured Americans, including tens of thousands of Arkansans, once again have the chance to enroll in health coverage and apply for subsidies to help pay for it. → Read More
Millions of uninsured Americans, including tens of thousands of Arkansans, once again have the chance to enroll in health coverage and apply for subsidies to help pay for it. → Read More
In a letter to legislators, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he agrees with a consultant that two of the seven points in his proposal to change the state's private-option Medicaid program should be scrapped. → Read More
Saying it will help improve Arkansas' economy, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday announced his support for a 10-year plan aimed at reducing the state's obesity rate. → Read More
A Brickeys woman sued the Arkansas Department of Human Services on Friday, saying she has been waiting more than 10 months for word on whether she's eligible for coverage under Arkansas' expanded Medicaid program. → Read More
The number of people approved for coverage under Arkansas' expanded Medicaid program rose to 263,387 in July before falling by almost 29,219 by the end of September, according to numbers released Friday by the state Department of Human Services. → Read More
Arkansas should continue its private-option Medicaid program while adding requirements to encourage healthful behavior and for unemployed recipients to find jobs, a consulting firm recommended Wednesday. → Read More
Just over $14 million -- not $30 million -- has been wasted during the installation of Arkansas' new Medicaid eligibility verification and enrollment system, a state official told legislators on Friday. → Read More
The Arkansas Insurance Department has agreed to repay about $1 million in grant money that federal officials say was improperly spent on expenses related to the state's federally operated health insurance exchange, Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr said Friday. → Read More
Subsidizing some employer-sponsored insurance with Medicaid funds would affect an estimated 7,700 low-income Arkansans and save the state's Medicaid program $29 million annually, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told an advisory group Thursday. → Read More
Gov. Asa Hutchinson told U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell this week that he has asked a state board to "pause" the development of a health insurance exchange for individual consumers. → Read More
To control the cost of providing long-term care to the elderly, disabled and mentally ill, the state will need to hire a managed care company or spend more money to administer the Medicaid program, the director of the state Department of Human Services told legislators Wednesday. → Read More
The state Department of Human Services' chief information officer has resigned after months of legislative scrutiny of the department's implementation of a Medicaid enrollment and eligibility-verification system. → Read More
About a quarter of the $120 million the state has spent so far on a new Medicaid enrollment system has gone toward features that don't work, a state Department of Human Services technology official estimated Thursday. → Read More
As of Aug. 2, as many as 31,400 Arkansans had been waiting longer than the maximum time allowed for word that their applications for Medicaid had been approved, according to numbers from the state Department of Human Services. → Read More
More than 17,000 individuals will lose their health coverage today despite a federally mandated change in Arkansas' process for conducting Medicaid renewals, a spokesman for the state Department of Health and Human Services said Monday. → Read More
A federal agency has directed the Arkansas Department of Human Services to give Arkansans more time to prove they remain eligible for Medicaid benefits. → Read More
Arkansas should continue using Medicaid funds to buy private insurance for low-income residents, but limit coverage to those earning a minimum income, Gov. Asa Hutchinson recommended Wednesday. → Read More