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The debate over the future of Medicaid continues to rage among Republicans. A House budget proposal released in February ...
A New York man who owned dozens of nursing homes in Arkansas, including in Jonesboro and Batesville, pleaded guilty this week ...
Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Curtis Barnett points to two major victories from the state’s regular session: maternal ...
Arkansas and other states tried Medicaid work requirements last decade. The results were more uninsured people and scant ...
CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx and have fended off federal legislation targeting pharmacy benefit managers, but ...
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A bill that would have expanded postpartum Medicaid coverage in Arkansas from 60 days to 12 months failed to pass in a Senate committee, leaving many maternal health ...
An Arkansas Senate committee voted down a bill that would have extended Medicaid coverage for women to 12 months after giving birth if they do not already qualify for the state’s Medicaid ...
"If you focus on the mother, that trickles down to the children and the rest of the family unit," Mercy's chief medical ...
Children and young adults with depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, asthma and epilepsy can get great relief from medications to ...
Under the new Trump administration, some states are reviving plans to require adults to prove they are working in order to get Medicaid. When Arkansas did this in 2018, 18,000 people lost coverage.
The legislation pitched would extend Group Insurance Commission and commercial health insurance coverage for cognitive ...