The Arkansas Department of Human Services completed six months of a Medicaid 'unwinding' with over 427,000 Arkansans being disenrolled.

According to the breakdown provided in the DHS report, of the 77,468 Arkansans who had their Medicaid assistance disenrolled in June, 38,945 of them were listed as "failed to return renewal form".

Arkansas is kicking children off Medicaid at an alarming rate, but it's not among the states that were asked to press pause by federal authorities this week.

DHS officials said on July 11 the agency had removed 77,000 from Medicaid rolls since the coronavirus public health emergency ended April 1.

Arkansans face Medicaid maze to keep coverage Calls about denials coming in, says legal-aid provider April 29, 2023 at 7:31 a.m. by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports ...

The brief grace period and challenges with the application process were among the complaints Medicaid recipients with Arkansas Community Organizations collected and brought to the DHS office in March.

Federal officials have significant concerns about the large percentage of people losing Medicaid coverage in Arkansas and other states as a result of "procedural reasons and nonresponse" as the ...

The cases of nearly 69,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in Arkansas were closed in May because they either didn’t return requested information necessary to determine their eligibility or are no longer ...

The Arkansas policy required nondisabled Medicaid recipients aged 30-49 to work 20 hours per week, engage in an equivalent amount of community activities or submit an exception.

The Arkansas Department of Human Services has opened a temporary program for people who have lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due to scams.

ALI ROGIN: Arkansas Department of Human Services said it began outreach to the Marshallese and other communities more than a year before the unwinding began. REP.