by - July 14, 2013 8:39 pm
Arkansas’ Medicaid program saw a marked slowdown in spending growth compared to the previous year, and state officials said the most recently concluded fiscal year produced the lowest annual growth…
by - May 1, 2013 8:35 pm
On the heels of last week’s legislative session where state lawmakers approved the “private option” health insurance plan, Arkansas Medicaid leaders are already working to move the proposal forward. The…
by - March 28, 2013 11:54 am
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas are throwing their weight behind the “private option” plan to move Medicaid expansion dollars into a legislative plan that would subsidize…
by - March 24, 2013 1:17 pm
Medicaid expansion “is dead,” Rep. Charlie Collins (R-Fayetteville) told a hometown audience on Friday (March 22), but the framework for a phoenix plan is alive, under construction, and receiving a…
by - March 5, 2013 11:58 am
A recent report from the United States Census Bureau ranks the state of Arkansas as one of the top states for disability prevalence among the total population. The report, which…
by - February 27, 2013 11:31 pm
Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Joe Thompson says the new Medicaid option for the state may need a more accurate name, and he says that avoiding a federally-run insurance exchange could…
by - February 27, 2013 7:41 am
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) told state lawmakers that federal health officials have green-lighted Arkansas’ request for flexibility with its Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges – a move that could…
by - February 22, 2013 4:42 pm
House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, says fellow legislators are seeking answers on federal Medicaid flexibility from Gov. Mike Beebe’s Friday afternoon meeting with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen…
by - February 21, 2013 2:17 pm
Arkansas has been awarded a $42 million State State Innovation Model grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to assist with its Payment Improvement Initiative efforts. The…
by - February 21, 2013 12:52 pm
The latest Talk Business-Hendrix College survey of Arkansas voters tested a battery of questions related to abortion, Medicaid, guns, a steel mill superproject and Arkansas political figures. During the next…
by - January 30, 2013 7:25 pm
Members of the executive committee of the Joint Audit Committee met briefly Wednesday afternoon so that co-chairs Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, and Rep. Kim Hammer, R-Benton, could inform lawmakers…
by - January 26, 2013 3:42 pm
Gun rights and government healthcare were the highlights of a legislative forum held Saturday morning (Jan. 26) in Bentonville, with Sen. Cecile Bledsoe, R-Rogers, discussing her concerns with a proposed…
by - January 21, 2013 6:48 pm
Medicaid expansion in Arkansas was recently debated via guest commentaries by Joe Thompson, Arkansas’ Surgeon General and Director of the Arkansas Center of Health Improvement, and Dan Greenberg, a lawyer,…
by - November 19, 2012 3:33 pm
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) said Monday that the Oklahoma Department of Health will not participate in a state-based health exchange or to expand Medicaid – key parts of the…
by - October 31, 2012 6:12 pm
In about two weeks, Gov. Mike Beebe (D) will present his balanced budget to the Arkansas General Assembly, but balancing a potential $400 million Medicaid shortfall will be a tough…
by - September 12, 2012 4:52 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe's (D) decision to support an expansion of the state's Medicaid program is re-igniting a health care debate likely to play out in this year's legislative elections and…
by - August 13, 2012 11:40 am
Gov. Mike Beebe isn’t happy with Whirlpool, believes some of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s federal budget plans could be “problematic and troublesome,” and is willing to put his tax-cutting credentials…
by - July 27, 2012 11:21 am
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced Friday (July 27) that Arkansas and other states have reached an agreement with the McKesson Corporation to settle allegations that McKesson reported inflated pricing data…
by - July 25, 2012 5:33 pm
Republican legislative leaders in the House and Senate asked the Beebe administration to slow the process for a potential Medicaid expansion and to consider a laundry list of reforms. In…
by - July 23, 2012 10:03 am
Arkansans continue to oppose the federal health care law’s implementation despite a Supreme Court ruling and shifting national public opinion. Also according to the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll, the…
