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Arkansas Applies for $1B in Federal Rural Health Funding, Unveils Major Health Plan
06 Nov 2025 01:51 GMT
… Innovation Skills and Education for Arkansas (RISE); and Telehealth Health … provided endorsement letters.
Funding Caveats
(Arkansas Rural Health Transformation Program)
In … Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
First, Arkansas must seek to have …
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Arkansas submits application for rural health funding
06 Nov 2025 00:29 GMT
… ROCK, Ark. — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Department … healthcare professionals in rural Arkansas, and provides training … Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) within the … of Arkansans,” said Arkansas Department of Finance and …
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Arkansas applies for rural health federal funding
05 Nov 2025 20:16 GMT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - On Friday, … The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) within the … generations of Arkansans,” said Arkansas Department of Finance and … Administration Secretary Jim Hudson.
Arkansas’ application to CMS incorporated …
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Federal money seeks to transform health care in Arkansas
05 Nov 2025 19:29 GMT
… would’ve gotten from Medicaid,” said Bo Ryall, Arkansas Hospital Association president … Arkansas that rely heavily on public insurance programs, like Medicare and Medicaid … , according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement …
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Arkansas applies for $1 billion in federal funds for rural health assistance
05 Nov 2025 19:01 GMT
… groups including the Arkansas Hospital Association, Arkansas Medical Society, Arkansas Children’s Hospital … organization KFF projected that federal Medicaid spending would shrink by … The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in September that …
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Mitigating the Harm of Medicaid Cuts
05 Nov 2025 07:52 GMT
… Arkansas man with a chronic lung condition who lost Medicaid … ongoing care, which without Medicaid was simply unaffordable.
… . For example, by Medicaid coordinating with correctional systems … treatment earlier.
State Medicaid agencies and insurance departments …
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Craig Wilson takes helm at Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
05 Nov 2025 04:20 GMT
… Association and learning all about Medicaid, I was really thrown … who grew up in southern Arkansas, having good, reliable access … that certainly need improving in Arkansas.
Wilson: Right. And what … particularly rural access here in Arkansas. One of the things …
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State corrections employee accused of working with other Helena-West Helena resident to commit Medicaid fraud
05 Nov 2025 01:55 GMT
Agents with Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin' … defraud the state's Medicaid program, a Tuesday news release … ;s to fraudulently bill for Medicaid services while working for the … and breaking news for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A Little Rock …
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Attorney General announces 2 Medicaid fraud arrests
05 Nov 2025 01:13 GMT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) … each arrested and charged with Medicaid fraud, a Class C … Troup was working at the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Troup and … fraudulent billing.
“Those who commit Medicaid fraud, whether acting alone or …
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With cuts to Medicaid, health policy experts worry addiction care could suffer
05 Nov 2025 00:44 GMT
… said Arkansas’ work requirements, implemented under a waiver of Medicaid rules during … Iowans receiving addiction care through Medicaid.
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller … sense.”
“Establishing work requirements in Medicaid for able-bodied adults, with …