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2025 Arkansas Snapshot
The Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were selected […]
Read MoreArkansas to Continue Allowing the Sale of Short-Term Limited Duration Health Plans
Arkansas will allow insurers to sell short-term limited duration insurance (STLDI) during a federal review period, reports the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. In August, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services announced plans to revisit STLDI plans, and that would not punish states for failing to enforce current STLDI regulations or for applying their […]
Read MoreNew Arkansas Law Aims to Ensure Insurance Plans Cover Crisis Services
A new Arkansas law now prohibits prior authorizations for health care services provided for treatment of a mental health crisis, reports ACHI. Act 626 by Rep. Jeremy Wooldridge adds crisis stabilization units to the definition of “health care provider” under Arkansas’s “any willing provider law,” which prohibits insurers from excluding from their networks any health care providers willing […]
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The Health Care Value Hub’s 2026 Health Care Affordability State Policy Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders with a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The Snapshot explores policies impacting health care affordability across four domains: Policies were selected based on whether they have the potential to impact health care affordability or access to […]
Read MoreArkansas Creates Health Care Expenditure Tracking Tool
Arkansas has created a dashboard capturing the state’s expenditures on medical, pharmacy, and dental services in the state, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. The dashboard supports assessment of health care access challenges and the influence of various factors on health care spending in the state.
Read MoreArkansas Creates Diabetes Data Mart Tool Tracking Utilization and Impacts
Arkansas has created a Diabetes Analytic Data Mart to support diabetes research, reports Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. Leveraging the state’s All Payer Claims Database, the tool contains information on insurance enrollment and medical and dental healthcare utilization among Arkansans with diabetes, including expenditures on medical and pharmacy services, the impacts of continuous insurance coverage, […]
Read MoreArkansas Snapshot 2024
The 2024 Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were […]
Read MoreDecrease Seen in Number of Uninsured Arkansans, But Disparities Exist Between Counties
The number of uninsured Arkansans decreased by nearly 25,000 from 2021 to 2022, however significant disparities in uninsured rates exist across the state, according to ACHI. Arkansas reduced its uninsured rate among nonelderly individuals from 18.8 percent in 2013, before the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act took effect and Medicaid expansion coverage began […]
Read MoreMaternal Health Initiative Launches in Arkansas
Arkansas’ governor has launched a new initiative to tackle the state’s maternal health crisis, reports Little Rock Public Radio. The strategic committee plans to implement a multi-faceted line of attack concentrating on education, access, coordination, and overall improvements to the state’s maternal health services. Key initiatives outlined by the committee include advertising and awareness campaigns, […]
Read MoreDisparities in Arkansas Child Health Persist, Especially for Black Families
Arkansas’ Black children consistently have worse health outcomes from birth onward than children of other races, reports the Arkansas Advocate. On a scale of 0 to 1,000 for child wellbeing, Black children scored 299, compared to 397 for Latino children, 597 for white children, 562 for children of two or more races, 616 for American […]
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