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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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