Arkansas Medicaid
Arkansas Medicaid Covered Services
For DDTCS, the Medicaid Program reimburses the lesser of the billed charges or the Medicaid maximum allowable. DDTCS Transportation providers are reimbursed on the basis of a rate times miles traveled for the eligible Medicaid recipient transported the longest distance for each trip. ... Non-Emergency Transportation Services (NET) is a program for Medicaid recipients through a 1915(b) waiver. Medicaid recipients must contact a local transportation broker to obtain non-emergency transportation to appointments for Medicaid covered services. ... [Read More]
Passages: Arkansas's Nursing Home Transition Program
DAAS' database also recorded all Medicaid expenditures for Passages consumers in order to compare the cost of nursing home and community living. The average Medicaid costs for Passages in their first three months in the community was $1,303, 39 percent the Medicaid costs for the same consumers in their last three months in a nursing home ($3,301). These data include all Medicaid costs, not just long-term care costs, and suggest Passages is cost-effective. This cost information does not, however, include any non-Medicaid public funds the consumers used in their communities. ... [Read More]
Alabama Medicaid - Programs
The Alabama Medicaid Agency website provides links to other sites as a convenience to its users. The use of these links is not an endorsement as to the accuracy, completeness, usefulness or adequacy of those sites. The Alabama Medicaid Agency website is not intended to be a comprehensive collection of all related sites on the Internet. The sites referenced on the Agency’s Web site are only a few of the many possible Internet sites related to the Agency’s programs or to medical and human services in general. ... [Read More]
Does Consumer Direction Affect the Quality of Medicaid Personal Assistance in Arkansas?
To receive Medicaid PCS, an Arkansas must (1) be categorically eligible for Medicaid; (2) live in his or her own residence, or in community-based residence, group or boarding home, or residential care facility; and (3) have physical dependency needs related to the activities of daily living and a physician's prescription for personal care (Arkansas Medicaid Program 1998). Slightly more than 18,000 Medicaid beneficiaries received personal care services in Arkansas in 1998, when Cash and Counseling was introduced (Nawrocki and Gregory 2000). ... [Read More]
Understanding Medicaid Home and Community Services: A Primer
Medicare and Medicaid cover many of the same services (e.g., hospital, physician, and home health services). For persons eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, Medicaid generally pays beneficiary cost-sharing for all services covered by Medicare. Medicare beneficiaries eligible under any of their state-defined Medicaid eligibility groups typically receive Medicaid coverage of Medicare cost-sharing requirements, including premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance. They also receive Medicaid services covered by Medicaid but not Medicare. The most notable examples are prescription drugs, more extensive coverage of mental health services and long-term care institutional services, and personal care services, as well as home health services with a less intense medical orientation than services covered under the Medicare home health benefit. ... [Read More]
Arkansas Department of Human Services
Governor Mike Huckabee has announced an innovative funding plan that will allow the state to continue to pay for medical care for families accessing the Medicaid TEFRA program. The Arkansas Department of Human Services had announced that funding for TEFRA would be eliminated for the final three months of the current fiscal year due to the serious budget issues that all states are currently facing. TEFRA is a program used by 3,000 families to pay medical bills for seriously ill children. The annual cost of the program in Arkansas is $30 million in combined state and federal money. Most states do not offer the TEFRA program, but Arkansas families can access this assistance regardless of family income. ... [Read More]
Finance
Medicaid reform – a preliminary report ... The Future of Medicaid: Strategies for Strengthening American’s Vital Safety Net ... “There’s Something About Medicaid” ... [Read More]
Easing the Burden of Caregiving: The Impact of Consumer Direction on Primary Informal Caregivers in Arkansas
Arkansas Medicaid Program. Arkansas Medicaid Manual: Personal Care. Revised 1998. Available at [ http://www.medicaid.state.ar.us/arkansasmedicaid/manuals/manlmain.htm ]. Accessed on March 25, 2002. ... To receive Medicaid PCS, an Arkansan must (1) be categorically eligible for Medicaid; (2) live in his or her own residence or a community-based residence, group or boarding home, or residential care facility; and (3) have physical dependency needs related to the activities of daily living and a physician's prescription for personal care (Arkansas Medicaid Program 1998). Slightly more than 18,000 Medicaid beneficiaries received personal care services in Arkansas in 1998, when Cash and Counseling was introduced (Nawrocki and Gregory 2000). ... [Read More]
DAAS Template Page
Provides attendant care and environmental modification services to individuals who meet the criteria for intermediate nursing home care. The individual’s income should be less than 300% of poverty and meet the resource limits for Medicaid. Persons who qualify may also receive regular Medicaid benefits. Clients must be able to supervise their service providers whom they may choose from the list of eligible providers. ... Questions regarding Medicaid eligibility or Medicaid services may be answered by the Department of Human Services County Offices. ... [Read More]
Contact Information Directory
1-800-MEDICARE Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities American Association of Kidney Patients American Board of Medical Specialties American Cancer Society American Hospital Association American Kidney Fund American Self-Help Clearinghouse Carrier (Part B) Center for Health Dispute Resolution (CHDR) CHIP -- Children's Health Insurance Program CMS RO - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Regional Office College of American Pathologists Department of Defense Department of Veterans Affairs DMERC -- Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier Eldercare Location ESRD -- End-Stage Renal Disease Networks ESRD State Survey Agency Federal Black Lung Program Fiscal Intermediary (Part A) Home Health Agency HUD -- U.S. Department of Housing Internal Revenue Service Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JC ... [Read More]
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