STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE - Apr 10, 2019

Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee · April 10, 2019

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Opening and purpose

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Chair calls the committee to order and frames the hearing as testimony on provider problems getting paid by DHS; asks providers who are delayed to stand and invites DHS to the table. Introductions: Kelly Link (legislative intergovernmental affairs, DHS), Cindy Gillespie (Director, DHS), Don Staley (Deputy Director and Medicaid Director, DHS).

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Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee heard provider testimony in Little Rock about months-long DHS payment delays tied to a March 1 transition to managed-care “passes,” with providers reporting layoffs, cashflow crises and unpaid claims; DHS officials acknowledged enrollment and billing problems and pledged targeted fixes and a follow-up joint hearing on April 24.

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