It’s a practice corporations and large companies have used for decades, and now more businesses are now using in-house legal counsel rather than hiring outside attorneys. The practice is both a cost-saving and time-preserving move, officials say, because attorneys can…
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Grant Program to Bolster Mental Health Services in Arkansas
The Arkansas Department of Human Services and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently announced a $9.5 million, five-year mental health grant program intended to increase mental health services across Arkansas, particularly in rural communities. “Too many Arkansans are…
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Arkansas Hospital Association: Helping the Helpers
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffNot unlike the team of doctors, nurses and specialists needed to manage an individual’s health care needs, it takes the coordinated efforts of advocates, analysts and other professionals to support the lifesaving work of hospitals and health care systems across…
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Organizations Concerned by Loss of Health Coverage for Nearly 75,000 Arkansans
On Monday, the Arkansas Department of Human Services released a report showing that nearly 75,000 Arkansans lost Medicaid coverage in the first two months of the state’s redetermination of eligibility. More than 85% of them lost coverage for procedural reasons,…
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Sanders Pens Op-Ed on State’s Fast-Paced Medicaid Rollback
by Mak Millardby Mak MillardOn May 1, the Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders describing her administration’s plan to unwind expanded Medicaid coverage put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Sanders opens her piece by criticizing “‘temporary’…
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Top Challenges Facing Hospitals
by Bo Ryallby Bo RyallHospitals in Arkansas, and indeed throughout the U.S., are facing a financial crisis. It can be difficult to grasp why this industry, in particular, needs specific and immediate relief and why that involves legislation, changes in rulemaking, and constant advocacy…
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A Change of PACE: An Alternative to Conventional Medicare, Medicaid Care
Left to Right: Dr. Jasmine Brathwaite, Sheila Williams, Troy Wells, Theartis Ricks, Brent Beaulieu, John McMorran, Derrell Hartwick, May Hartwick, Dr. Cliff Fullerton and Doug Weeks. The process of aging can bring changes into not only an individual’s life…
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Gov. Hutchinson Reveals Expansion With ARHOME Medicaid Program
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffGovernor Asa Hutchinson has revealed the state’s request to amend its Medicaid expansion program, Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me (ARHOME), to include an innovative service called Life360 HOMEs has been approved by the Centers for Medicare (CMS) and Medicaid…
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Soda Health Raises $25M to Unlock Billions in Medicare Benefits
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSoda Health, a health care technology company reshaping the supplemental benefits system, revealed it has raised $25 million in a Series A round from an investor syndicate comprising Lightspeed Venture Partners, Define Ventures and Qiming Venture Partners USA. Soda Health’s…
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Hutchinson Talks ARHOME Medicaid Project, Omicron in Weekly Briefing
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffGovernor Asa Hutchinson announced during a weekly briefing that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved a five-year Section 1115 Demonstration Project called, “Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me, ” or ARHOME. The approval of ARHOME will allow…