Weekly News Wire | December 2, 2018
Arkansas Medicaid To Launch Full-Risk Phase Of Medicaid Shared Savings Program In March 2019
On November 16, 2018, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced that in March, 2019, it will launch the full-risk phase of its Medicaid Provider-led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity (PASSE) program for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) and behavioral health needs. This phase had been scheduled to launch on January 1, 2019 but has been delayed to March 1, 2019.
Phase 1 started in February 2018. The PASSEs started attributing members for care coordination services, totaling approximately 40,000 people, with 8,000 who have I/DD, and 32,000 who have serious mental illness . . .
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