Hospitals 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…
The Arkansas legislature has voted to retain the state’s Medicaid expansion. The Arkansas House of Representatives voted in favor of keeping the program on Tuesday, April 20. The 78-15 vote approved the Medicaidbudget and expansion program. After the Arkansas Senate…
The 11th week of the session was an abbreviated one as the General Assembly took a recess for Spring Break. Before members left the Capitol, the House Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee advanced a new version of the Medicaid…
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Preferred Family Healthcare Settles Medicaid Fraud Cases for $6.5 Million
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffPreferred Family Healthcare (PFH) has agreed to settle in federal and state cases for $6.5 million. The company had been investigated by the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office for false claims submitted to the Arkansas Medicaid Program. The Medicaid Fraud Control…
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Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care Facilities to Receive Supplemental Payments
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleDirect care workers in long-term care facilities and nursing homes will be getting bonus payments to supplement their weekly income during the COVID-19 pandemic. In his Wednesday press conference, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
A few days ago, I was in my office sorting through a box of old documents when I came across a report issued by the Governor’s Task Force on Rural Hospitals dated Oct. 1, 1988. As I skimmed the report’s…