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DHS, DMS present Medicaid rule changes and rate-review updates to committee
Summary
DHS and DMS told the Public Health Committee they are removing domiciliary care from the Arkansas Medicaid state plan, updating a PCCM template to a CMS format, clarifying ABLE-account estate-recovery language, and finishing a second round of rate reviews while soliciting stakeholder feedback.
Mark White of the Department of Human Services told the committee the agency is proposing a repeal to remove domiciliary care from the Arkansas Medicaid state plan because the optional service has not been used in at least three years and no certified providers exist. "We are removing domiciliary care from the Arkansas State Medicaid plan," White said, adding DHS reviewed claims data back at least three years and found none.
White and Janet Mann (Division of Medical Services) also presented a set of largely technical or administrative changes: they said the Primary Care Case Manager (PCCM) documentation is being reformatted to a CMS-developed template…
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