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Legislative committee approves a request to examine Arkansas PBS spending

A request to delve into the Arkansas PBS books came from Rep. Jeff Wardlaw (R-Hermitage) and Sen. Terry Rice (R-Waldron). Wardlaw said Arkansas PBS had violated certain state procurement rules.
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Lawsuit filed over death of woman with dementia who wandered out of assisted-living home

Barbara Doyle's body was not found for 13 days, "in a ditch in a wooded area less than one half mile away from the facility, naked, decayed, and deceased," her family's attorneys said.
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$100 million in federal money flows to childcare programs. Another place the state surplus could be used.

Arkansas is happy to spend federal money on childcare. Why not some of its own?

Assisted living facilities warn 21.7 percent rate cut will force closures

“I’ve seen over the years just how many people have benefited from assisted living. It saved them from going to the nursing home when it wasn’t safe for them to live at home,” Riedel said. The rate cut will push “more and more people into nursing facilities that shouldn’t be there."
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Update: Arkansas's work requirement drops another 4,100 from Medicaid in October

Combined with coverage losses in September, the state has now dropped 8,500 Medicaid recipients from the rolls due to the work requirement.

Update: Children's behavioral health provider Ascent to close all Arkansas facilities

Ascent Children's Health Services, which provides behavioral health and early childhood development services at ten sites across Arkansas, will close all facilities in the state by the end of November.
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Cutting edge Arkansas government at work

Take Arkansas government. Please.

DHS continues to reimburse Medicaid managed care company co-owned by Preferred Family Healthcare

The Department of Human Services continues to use a provider-led Medicaid managed care company that is part-owned by Preferred Family Healthcare, despite a recent decision to cut other ties with the Springfield, Mo.-based nonprofit enmeshed in multiple corruption scandals.
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First, get a job

On June 1, with the blessing of the Trump administration, Arkansas became the first state in the 50-year history of the Medicaid program to impose a work requirement on certain beneficiaries.

Some working poor may still lose Medicaid under Arkansas’s new work requirements, study finds

Many Medicaid beneficiaries work full time — or more — but only a portion of the year, the lead author of the study noted. Among the group of recipients who aren't exempt but are currently working, he said, "we found they’re averaging about 35 hours per week. So it’s not that they’re opting to not work ... . It’s more a matter of whether they have consistent work or not.”
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Griffen holds DHS in contempt of court and enjoins emergency rule on home care hours

Another victory in court for the disabled plaintiffs suing the state over its use of an algorithm that they say cut their attendant care hours.

Arkansas Works population declines by another 1,400 beneficiaries

The decrease from April to March is consistent with recent trends in the program. Arkansas Works enrollment declined by over 10 percent from the beginning of 2017 to the beginning of 2018.
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