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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has found a significant drop in WIC usage occurred during and after the COVID-19 pandemic across the US. Data shows that those who qualified for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children dropped in participation from 66% to just under 58%.
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Today on The Outline: The accrediting authority for medical education programs in the U.S. officially granted the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine candidate status. Also, Welcome Health offers assistance to those who lost Medicaid coverage due to missed paperwork.
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Today on The Outline: The Arkansas Department of Human Services released updated Medicaid termination statistics. Also, Jonelle Hunt donates $250,000 to UAMS. Plus, the Clinton Presidential Library is getting a facelift.
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The Ozarks at Large news team collects news from the past 24 hours in The Outline. Included today: Medicaid enrollment drops by 15% since April, the UofA offers online Spanish and The Human Rights Campaign declares a state of emergency.
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The Arkansas Department of Human Services is engaged in a six-month review of state Medicaid enrollees, protected during the federal public health emergency by a continuous coverage requirement. Arkansans who seek to re-enroll are once again required to prove eligibility. Because Marshallese migrants in late 2020 were granted federal Medicaid entitlement, many islanders may be unaware of state redetermination requirements proving need. As a consequence they could end up losing critical health care coverage.
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On today's show, a group of UA Spanish instructors lead a project to help create more Spanish language programs in classrooms. Plus, researchers find grading practices are inconsistent in Arkansas. Also, some voters will decided on school board elections and bond issues today, and nearly 73,000 Arkansas lose coverage in April.
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School board elections and bond issues face some voters today. Also, nearly 73,000 Arkansans are disenrolled from Medicaid, and a new addition to the UAMS campus.
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In the latest Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report, Roby Brock talks with Craig Wilson, health policy director for the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, to better understand what will change for Medicaid recipients after the end of the COVID-19 public-health emergency in May.
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Arkansas is one step closer to asking the federal government for permission to enact a work requirement for residents of public housing. Plus, the City of Fayetteville broke ground on the new Wilson Park Hub, Alamo Drafthouse announces its arrival, Springdale considers a tax continuation and plenty more in our Friday News Wrap.
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders intends to add a work requirement for Arkansans to access Medicaid. Her predecessor, former Gov. Asa Hutchinson, tried to implement requirements for Medicaid but a federal judge blocked the policy after 18,000 people lost coverage.