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A tough sell? | Arkansas wants to use exchanges for new enrollees
By Rich Daly | April 06, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The Democratic governor in Arkansas is close to pulling off something that leaders in Republican-led states like his would like to duplicate: drawing millions of dollars in new federal healthcare funding while ducking the appearance of adding to their Medicaid rolls.
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State reform update: Pa. governor latest to seek Medicaid changes
By Rich Daly | April 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Governors continue to make pilgrimages to HHS as states keep trying to craft custom versions of the healthcare reform law's Medicaid expansion and avoid leaving new federal funding on the table.
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Medicaid curveball | Cost-sharing burden tied to exchange-based plan
By Rich Daly | March 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
A growing number of states want to use the coming health insurance exchanges as a means to expand Medicaid coverage, and the approach carries both promise and pitfalls for providers.
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Goodhand named COO and VP of finance at Bristol Regional
By Gregg Blesch | March 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Wellmont Health System named Melony Goodhand COO and VP of finance at
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Arkansas lawmakers back nation's most restrictive abortion bill
By CNN | March 07, 2013
Overriding a veto by Arkansas' Democratic governor, the state's Republican-controlled House and Senate approved a bill to ban abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, the most restrictive such law in the country.
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NP opportunities hinge on payer policies: study
By Ashok Selvam | February 28, 2013
A study that looked at scope-of-practice laws in six states concluded that the laws don't restrict the breadth of primary-care services that nurse practitioners offer patients, but the laws still affect payer policies which then curtail how and where NPs can practice.
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Arkansas Senate overrides veto of abortion bill
By Associated Press via Yahoo | February 28, 2013
The Arkansas Senate voted Thursday to override a veto of a near-ban of abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy and backed a separate measure that would only allow the procedures before the 12th week, with few exceptions.
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Ark. hospitals move toward electronic records exchange
By Arkansas Business | February 25, 2013
Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, Ark., became the third hospital this year to join Arkansas' network that will let healthcare providers access patients' electronic medical records.
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$300M to boost Medicaid, CHIP innovation
By Rich Daly | February 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Six states were awarded nearly $300 million by HHS to implement payment and delivery changes to their Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program plans.
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Auditors say Ark. Medicaid paid $1.3 million to ineligible recipients
By Associated Press | February 09, 2013
Arkansas has paid more than $1.3 million in Medicaid dollars to ineligible recipients since 2009, according to an audit released Friday that a top Republican lawmaker said shows the pressing need to reform the $5 billion healthcare program for the poor and disabled.
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