by Steve Brawner (BRAWNERSTEVE@MAC.COM)

Ineligible Arkansas Medicaid beneficiaries will lose coverage for the first time in three years after April 30 as Arkansas exits the COVID-19 public health emergency.

The Department of Human Services this month started making the removals as a result of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed into law last December. It allowed states after March 31 to begin dropping Medicaid recipients who are no longer eligible.

All beneficiaries who have not had a renewal in the last 12 months will be redetermined. State law requires the work be completed in six months.

https://talkbusiness.net/2023/04/medicaid-recipients-to-begin-losing-coverage-after-april-30/