Arkansas Medicaid In ‘Productive Ongoing’ Discussions With CMS

Arkansas’ Department of Human Services told Inside Health Policy on Thursday (May 25) it has not received a corrective action request from CMS, despite calls from shocked advocates following the revelation that the state dropped more than 72,800 Medicaid beneficiaries from coverage since April. “We have a productive ongoing dialogue with CMS about our unwinding efforts, and we will continue to work together going forward,” an Arkansas DHS spokesperson said in an email. The COVID-19-era continuous coverage requirement expired...