Medicaid

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

On today's show, understanding storm water runoff in Northwest Arkansas. Plus, local music performances and conversation with the founding dean of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine from the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. Lawmakers advance a bill advanced legislation requiring public school students to use the bathroom of their gender assigned at birth. Also, guest Chef Kian Lam Kho discusses his journey of becoming a chef and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls for Medicaid work requirements.

Much of the talk during the first week of the Arkansas Legislature's session centered on education. But another big topic, health, also needs attention. State Senator Missy Irvin (R-Mtn. View) talks with Roby Brock, from our partner Talk Business & Politics, about Medicaid enrollment and more.

Gardens at Osage Terrace, the first senior assisted living facility in Arkansas licensed to accept Medicaid, continues to operate in Bentonville. The novel long-term care residence is a project of Community Development Corporation headquartered in Bentonville which creates and preserves affordable housing across the tri-county region.

The beginning of our show includes an update on medical marijuana dispensaries in Arkansas, an uptick in active cases of COVID-19 in the states, and the…