The newly signed “Big Beautiful Bill” could cut Medicaid enrollment by 114,000 in Arkansas and leave rural hospitals struggling to stay open ...

Arkansas lawmakers endorsed a $29 million contract Tuesday that aims to address the state's backlog of Medicaid applications. About 50,000 Medicaid eligibility applications were backlogged as of ...

The state now requires many of its Medicaid beneficiaries to work, go to school or volunteer in order to keep their health insurance. But more than 18,000 have come off the rolls.

More than 400,000 Arkansans could lose Medicaid coverage if they don't return a renewal packet in the mail.The Arkansas Department of Human Services started mailing out renewal packets in February ...

Arkansas is the only state that has not taken the step to expand what’s called postpartum Medicaid coverage, an option for states paid for almost entirely by the federal government that ensures poor ...

Arkansas' gov says Medicaid extension for new moms isn't needed. Advisers disagree. September 13, 2024 12:18 PM ET. From . By . ... but they must send in a paper application, ...

The Department of Human Services will begin hearings Monday on the new version of Arkansas’s Medicaid expansion. Arkansas Works is now ARHOME because the federal courts ruled the state’s work ...