Since Jan. 1, Brandon Cooper, a pharmacist at Soo’s Drug Store in Jonesboro, has turned away a number of patients seeking to fill routine prescriptions. The problem is not that the pharmacy lacks the drugs in question or that the patients don’t have insurance, Cooper said. It’s that the state’s largest insurance carrier, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, recently changed the way it pays for pharmaceuticals.
In 2017, teenagers committed to rehabilitative treatment at two South Arkansas juvenile lockups did not receive basic hygiene and clothing supplies and lived in wretched conditions.
Will do further study before seeking private provider.
On Thursday, Governor Hutchinson announced that enrollment in Arkansas’s Medicaid program has declined by almost 10 percent over the last year — from 1,048,000 on Jan. 1, 2017, to 931,000 on Jan. 1, 2018.
In Benton and Washington counties, jailing youth is increasingly used as a last resort. Can the rest of the state follow suit?
Foster kids may go months without caseworker visit, the DCFS tells legislative panel.
Ferncliff offers deeply discounted construction and home supplies to nonprofits.
Proposal to limit eligibility could face tough scrutiny from feds.
But progress lags that of neighbors. Part 2 of 2.
The CALL operates in 44 counties with plans for expansion.
This #GivingTuesday, help make independent investigative reporting possible in Arkansas.
In DYS director, some see a potential force for long-sought change. Part 1 of 2.
