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Committee approves amendment to include Arkansas Works in step-therapy appeal process
INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE · March 16, 2021
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Summary
Sen. Bledsoe presented an amendment to add Arkansas Works (to be renamed Arkansas Home) into step-therapy appeal protections; DHS deputy director Elizabeth Pittman said Medicaid is excluded and no direct financial impact to Medicaid is anticipated, though carriers could indirectly change premiums.
Senator Bledsoe asked the committee to add Arkansas Works (soon to be named Arkansas Home) to the state's step-therapy appeal process through an amendment to SB 99 (now Act 97). "It is about the federal law, and it is also saying, that Arkansas Works is included," Bledsoe told…
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