The state has moved to terminate Medicaid payments to Gilead Family Resource Center, a provider of mental health services in McGehee, because of multiple irregularities, particularly in programs for kids. It is seeking repayment of $815,000. The center is appealing the state’s order.

More details on the developing story are on the jump in an article reported and written by John Williams. It is worth remembering testimony from the 2007 legislative session at which legislators heard that Arkansas spends far more money than larger states on mental health services for kids. The lobby has grown stronger as the business has grown more lucrative.

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Gov. Mike Beebe has made mental health a priority. Cleaning up wayward providers is one way to start.

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