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DHS announces 'one-stop-shop' for Medicaid providers

On Thursday, Arkansas Department of Human Services Director Cindy Gillespie announced an internal reorganization of the DHS that will shift 171 employees to a newly created division, impact more than 40 DHS contracts and streamline the agency’s oversight of thousands of Medicaid providers across the state.
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Arkansas Medicaid 'savings' will produce some losers

The state offers an optimistic outlook on Gov. Asa Hutchinson's plans to reduce the number covered by the state's expanded Medicaid health coverage. There's reason for questions.
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Trump administration likely to approve work requirements for Arkansas Medicaid expansion and shift 60,000 to marketplace

The two largest changes proposed to Arkansas Works (also known as the private option) would involve capping financial eligibility at the federal poverty level, rather than 138 percent of the poverty level, and instituting work requirements for able-bodied adults that would roughly mirror the requirements found in the food stamp (SNAP) program.

Human Services says it's eliminated Medicaid application backlog

The state Human Services Department has informed Gov. Asa Hutchinson that it has all but eliminated a backlog in applications for Medicaid coverage.
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A new day for child welfare?

After strategizing for months, DHS officials have a plan to address Arkansas's foster care crisis.

DHS officials outline ambitious plan to reform state's child welfare system

Coupled with the governor's announcement last week of his intention to seek a $39 million boost in DCFS funding over the next two years, this plan represents a concerted, ambitious effort to improve child welfare outcomes in Arkansas.
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Hutchinson administration resists accountability in child rape case

After a nightmarish revelation about serial rapes by a state-approved foster parent, the Hutchinson administration, from the governor on down, resist talking about how it happened.

Governor wants a plan for Medicaid

The Human Services Department released this afternoon  a monthly update by Director Cindy Gillespie on people insured thanks to applications for Obamacare's Medicaid expansion — about 317,000.
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Restructuring DHS business functions just the beginning, director says

The unanswerable question is whether Gillespie's proposed changes to the department's "core business structures" will introduce much-needed accountability and efficiency to DHS, or whether they'll simply add a new layer of bureaucracy.

Arkansas Human Services Department announces restructuring

Here's today's news release from the Arkansas Department of Human Services on a restructuring announced today.
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Cindy Gillespie tapped to head DHS

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has named Cindy Gillespie, a former health care advisor to Mitt Romney, as the director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services. She'll start work March 1.
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