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AR Code § 20-77-2002 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 20 - ARKids First Medical Assistance Programs Enrollment and Retention Improvement Program|§ 20-77-2002. Administration

 (a) In administering the ARKids First A and B programs, the Department of Human Services shall:  (1) Work to increase enrollment among eligible uninsured children under nineteen (19) years of age;  (2) Work to improve retention of coverage among eligible uninsured children under nineteen (19) years of age;  (3) Design the application and annual renewal processes to minimize administrative barriers for applicants and enrolled children under nineteen (19) years of age to minimize gaps in coverage for children who are eligible and to reduce state administrative costs;  (4) Modify eligibility renewal procedures to improve retention and increase the number of children who retain coverage; and  (5)  (A) Manage outreach, application, and renewal procedures with the goal of achieving annual improvements in enrollment, enrollment rates, renewals, and renewal rates.  (B) To make the improvements required under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the department shall maximize the use of existing program databases to obtain information related to earned and unearned income for purposes of eligibility determination and renewals, including without limitation:  (i) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);  (ii) The state child care subsidy program;  (iii) The Arkansas Better Chance Program;  (iv) The National School Lunch Program;  (v) Federal Social Security Administration programs; and  (vi) The Division of Workforce Services database.        (b) To simplify and streamline the renewal process, the department shall:  (1) Maximize the use of data matches, online submissions, and telephone interviews; and  (2) Develop a pre-populated renewal form that will be sent to families to complete and return for use in cases in which the department is unable to renew coverage through the use of data matching, online submissions, or telephone interviews.
AR Code § 20-77-2003 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 20 - ARKids First Medical Assistance Programs Enrollment and Retention Improvement Program|§ 20-77-2003. ARKids First enrollment and renewals

 (a) The Department of Human Services shall perform the initiatives under subsection (b) of this section to increase ARKids First enrollment and renewals and position the state to compete for a performance bonus payment under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-3.  (b) The department shall make best efforts to obtain approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the following:  (1) For each child enrolled in ARKids First A who becomes ineligible to complete his or her ARKids First A enrollment period for financial reasons, establishing a process to allow ARKids First B coverage from the date of ineligibility through the end date of the ARKids First A enrollment period;  (2) An ex parte renewal process for ARKids First A and ARKids First B, in which the state performs the eligibility redetermination to the maximum extent possible based on information contained in the ARKids First file or by obtaining other information available to the state through other sources, such as income databases, before it seeks any information from the child's parent or representative; and  (3) An Express Lane Eligibility enrollment option that allows use of other public program databases and findings to reach and enroll children in the ARKids First A and ARKids First B programs.
AR Code § 20-77-2102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 21 - Medicaid Eligibility Verification System|§ 20-77-2102. Medicaid Eligibility Verification System — Definitions

 (a) The Department of Human Services shall establish and maintain the Medicaid Eligibility Verification System that is designed to prevent fraud in the establishment and maintenance of Medicaid eligibility.  (b)  (1) In establishing the Medicaid Eligibility Verification System, the department shall have the flexibility to determine whether the state shall be an “assessment state” or a “determination state” for purposes of Medicaid eligibility determinations by the federally facilitated marketplace.  (2) As used in this subsection:  (A) “Assessment state” means a state with a federally facilitated marketplace that can elect to have the federally facilitated marketplace make assessments of Medicaid eligibility and then transfer the account of an individual to the state Medicaid agency for a final determination; and  (B) “Determination state” means a state that requires the eligibility determination made by the federally facilitated marketplace to be accepted by the state Medicaid agency.
AR Code § 20-77-2201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 22 - Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee|§ 20-77-2201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee Act”.
AR Code § 20-77-2202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 22 - Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee|§ 20-77-2202. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Data, records, reports, and documents” means a recording of an interview and an oral or written proceeding, report, statement, minute, memorandum, data, and other documentation collected or compiled to establish or modify episodes of care, quality measures, or target prices; and  (2) “Healthcare provider” means one (1) of the following individuals or entities licensed by the State of Arkansas to provide healthcare services:  (A) An advanced practice nurse;  (B) An athletic trainer;  (C) An audiologist;  (D) A certified orthotist;  (E) A chiropractor;  (F) A community mental health center or clinic;  (G) A dentist;  (H) A home healthcare provider;  (I) A hospice care provider;  (J) A hospital-based service;  (K) A hospital;  (L) A licensed ambulatory surgery center;  (M) A licensed certified social worker;  (N) A licensed dietician;  (O) A licensed durable medical equipment provider;  (P) A licensed professional counselor;  (Q) A licensed psychological examiner;  (R) A long-term care facility;  (S) An occupational therapist;  (T) An optometrist;  (U) A pharmacist;  (V) A physical therapist;  (W) A physician or surgeon;  (X) A podiatrist;  (Y) A prosthetist;  (Z) A psychologist;       (AA)  A respiratory therapist;    (BB)  A rural health clinic;    (CC)  A speech pathologist;   (DD) Another healthcare practitioner as determined by the Department of Human Services in rules adopted under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.; and   (EE) Another person or entity enrolled to provide health or medical care services or goods authorized under the medical assistance programs provided in this state under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.
AR Code § 20-77-2204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 22 - Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee|§ 20-77-2204. Purpose

 The purpose of the Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee is to make recommendations and provide advice and assistance to the Department of Human Services concerning the promulgation of rules submitted by the department to the committee to promote high-quality, safe, effective, timely, efficient, and patient-centered physician services, hospital services, and long-term care services and supports in the State of Arkansas, as related to the development of episodes of care and the episodes-of-care target prices and quality metrics within the Arkansas Healthcare Payment Improvement Initiative.
AR Code § 20-77-2206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 22 - Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee|§ 20-77-2206. Powers and duties of Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee

 The Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee shall:   (1) Review and provide advice regarding draft rules submitted by the Department of Human Services under § 20-77-2205;  (2) Have the authority to obtain from the department all data and analysis required to fully meet its charge under § 20-77-2204; and  (3) Provide reports to the Legislative Council upon request.
AR Code § 20-77-2207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 22 - Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee|§ 20-77-2207. Confidentiality

 (a) To the extent that the data, records, reports, and documents identify or could be used to identify an individual patient, a healthcare provider, an institution, or a health plan, the data, records, reports, and documents collected or compiled by or on behalf of the Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under state and federal law.  (b) Data, records, reports, and documents collected or compiled by or on behalf of the committee are not admissible in a legal proceeding and are exempt from discovery and disclosure to the same extent that records of and testimony before committees that evaluate the quality of medical or hospital care are exempt under § 16-46-105(a)(1).  (c) A healthcare provider's use of the information in its internal operations does not operate as a waiver of the confidentiality protections under this section.  (d) The committee shall treat data, records, reports, and documents in a manner consistent with state and federal privacy requirements, including without limitation the privacy requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 45 C.F.R. § 164.512(i).
AR Code § 20-77-2301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 23 - Home Caregiver Training|§ 20-77-2301. Findings — Intent

 (a) The General Assembly finds that:  (1) Although a direct-care worker in the State of Arkansas who serves a Medicaid-reimbursable client must undergo a forty-hour training program, a direct-care worker who serves a client in his or her home and who is not Medicaid-reimbursable has no training requirement; and  (2) Beginning January 1, 2012, and continuing until January 1, 2027, approximately ten thousand (10,000) persons a day turn sixty-five (65) years of age in the United States.    (b) This subchapter is intended to:  (1) Assure disabled citizens and the constantly expanding population of senior citizens in Arkansas that a direct-care worker is properly trained in core competencies; and  (2) Acknowledge the necessity of proper training for all direct-care workers that, in turn, will contribute to a reduction in per capita healthcare costs for Arkansans.
AR Code § 20-77-2302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 23 - Home Caregiver Training|§ 20-77-2302. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Caregiver services” means services provided to an individual in the State of Arkansas to assist the recipient of the services in the activities of daily living, and the recipient of services is fifty (50) years of age or older at the time the services are provided;  (2) “Compensation” means money or another type of property of value received by a provider of caregiver services in exchange for the services of the provider without regard to the source of payment of the money or other type of property;  (3) “Successful completion” means completion of training in acceptable core competencies in the physical skills under § 20-77-2303; and  (4) “Trained in-home assistant” means an individual who has met the requirements of this subchapter and provides caregiver services.
AR Code § 20-77-2303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 23 - Home Caregiver Training|§ 20-77-2303. Training requirement

 (a) A person who applies for employment to provide caregiver services in this state for compensation shall provide documentation to an in-home services agency of successful completion of training as a trained in-home assistant under this subchapter.  (b) A person qualifies as a trained in-home assistant under this subchapter if the person:  (1) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;  (2) Has not been convicted of a felony that would prevent the person from working in a long-term care facility under § 20-38-101 et seq. unless the conviction has been expunged or pardoned; and  (3) Except as provided under subsection (e) of this section, has successfully completed a caregiver training course addressing the following core competencies approved by the Department of Health, including not less than forty (40) hours of training in:  (A) Body functions;  (B) Body mechanics and safety precautions;  (C) Communication skills;  (D) Dementia and Alzheimer's disease;  (E) Emergency situations, including recognition of conditions and proper procedures;  (F) Household safety and fire prevention;  (G) Infection control and prevention, including maintaining a safe and clean working environment;  (H) Ethical considerations and state law regarding delegation of nursing tasks to unlicensed personnel;  (I) Nutrition;  (J) At least sixteen (16) hours of the forty (40) required hours covering physical skills and competent demonstration of such skills for:  (i) Ambulation;  (ii) Basic housekeeping procedures, including laundry skills;  (iii) Bathing, shampooing, and shaving;  (iv) Dressing and undressing;  (v) Meal preparation and clean up;  (vi) Oral hygiene;  (vii) Range of motion;  (viii) Toileting; and  (ix) Transfer techniques;    (K) Record keeping and documentation of activities;  (L) Role of caregiver in a healthcare team; and  (M) Nail and skin care.      (c) The department may expand or reduce the topics acceptable for the caregiver course, but the number of hours of training shall not be modified.  (d) The training required under this subchapter may be certified by an employer if that employer maintains records regarding:  (1) The identification of the employee who received training;  (2) The topic for which the training was conducted; and  (3) The amount of time spent on training.    (e)  (1) A person is exempt from the provisions of subdivision (b)(3) of this section if the person has at least one (1) year of experience working in an institutional setting, including without limitation a:  (A) Home health agency;  (B) Hospital;  (C) Hospice; or  (D) Long-term care facility.    (2) The experience required under subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall be verified by the person's employer during the experience.
AR Code § 20-77-2304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 23 - Home Caregiver Training|§ 20-77-2304. Exemptions

 An individual may provide caregiver services without the training required under this subchapter if the person is a:   (1) Certified Nursing Assistant;  (2) Licensed practical nurse;  (3) Parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, or sibling of the recipient of the services;  (4) Physician;  (5) Registered nurse;  (6) Service provider who does not receive compensation for his or her services;  (7) Licensed social worker;  (8) Court-appointed legal guardian of the recipient of the caregiver services; or  (9) A direct-care worker providing caregiver services to a participant in any program licensed, certified, or administered by the Department of Human Services.
AR Code § 20-77-2305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 23 - Home Caregiver Training|§ 20-77-2305. Rules

 The Department of Health shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-77-2501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 25 - Office of Medicaid Inspector General|§ 20-77-2501. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to:   (1) Consolidate staff and other Medicaid fraud detection, prevention, and recovery functions from the relevant governmental entities into a single office;  (2) Create a more efficient and accountable structure;  (3) Reorganize and streamline the state's process for detecting and combating Medicaid fraud and abuse; and  (4) Maximize the recovery of improper Medicaid payments.
AR Code § 20-77-2502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 25 - Office of Medicaid Inspector General|§ 20-77-2502. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1)  (A) “Abuse” means provider practices that are inconsistent with sound fiscal, business, or medical practices and result in an unnecessary cost to the Medicaid program or in reimbursement for services that are not medically necessary or that fail to meet professionally recognized standards for health care.  (B) “Abuse” includes recipient practices that result in an unnecessary cost to the Medicaid program;    (2)  (A) “Fraud” means a purposeful deception or misrepresentation made by a person with the knowledge that the deception could result in some unauthorized benefit to the person or another person.  (B) “Fraud” includes any act that constitutes fraud under applicable federal or state law;    (3) “Healthcare plan” means a publicly or privately funded program or organization that is formed to provide or pay for healthcare goods or services, including without limitation:  (A) Health insurance plans;  (B) Managed care organization plans;  (C) Risk-based provider plans;  (D) The Arkansas Medicaid Program;  (E) The Social Security Disability Insurance program; and  (F) The Medicare program;    (4) “Investigation” means investigations of fraud, abuse, or illegal acts perpetrated within the medical assistance program by providers or recipients of medical assistance care, services, and supplies;  (5) “Person” means an individual or entity other than a recipient of a healthcare item or service;  (6) “Recovery” means any action or attempt by the Medicaid Inspector General to recoup or collect Medicaid payments already made to a provider with respect to a claim by:  (A) Reducing other payments currently owed to the provider;  (B) Withholding or setting off the amount against current or future payments to the provider;  (C) Demanding payment back from a provider for a claim already paid; or  (D) Reducing or affecting in any other manner the future claim payments to the provider; and    (7) “Waste” means that taxpayers are not receiving reasonable value for money in connection with a government-funded activity due to an inappropriate act or omission involving mismanagement, inappropriate actions, and inadequate oversight by the person with control over or access to government resources.
AR Code § 20-77-2503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 25 - Office of Medicaid Inspector General|§ 20-77-2503. Office of Medicaid Inspector General — Created

 The Office of Medicaid Inspector General is created within the Department of Inspector General and is independent from the Department of Human Services.
AR Code § 20-77-2504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 25 - Office of Medicaid Inspector General|§ 20-77-2504. Medicaid Inspector General — Appointment — Qualifications

 (a)  (1) The Medicaid Inspector General shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate.  (2) The inspector general shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.    (b) The inspector general shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Inspector General.  (c) The inspector general shall be the Director of the Office of Medicaid Inspector General.  (d) The inspector general shall have not less than ten (10) years of professional experience in one (1) or more of the following areas of expertise:  (1) Prosecution for fraud;  (2) Fraud investigation;  (3) Auditing; or  (4) Comparable alternate experience in health care, if the healthcare experience involves some consideration of fraud.
AR Code § 20-77-2505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 25 - Office of Medicaid Inspector General|§ 20-77-2505. Office of Medicaid Inspector General — Powers and duties

 The Office of Medicaid Inspector General shall:   (1) Prevent, detect, and investigate fraud and abuse within the medical assistance program;  (2) Refer appropriate cases for criminal prosecution;  (3) Recover improperly expended medical assistance funds;  (4) Audit medical assistance program functions; and  (5) Establish a medical assistance fraud and abuse prevention program.
AR Code § 20-77-2507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 25 - Office of Medicaid Inspector General|§ 20-77-2507. Cooperation of agency officials and employees

 (a)  (1) The Medicaid Inspector General shall request information, assistance, and cooperation from a federal, state, or local governmental department, board, bureau, commission, or other agency or unit of an agency to carry out the duties under this section.  (2) A state or local agency or unit of an agency shall provide information, assistance, and cooperation under this section.    (b) Upon request of a prosecuting attorney, the following entities shall provide information and assistance as the entity deems necessary, appropriate, and available to aid the prosecuting attorney in the investigation of fraud and abuse within the medical assistance program and the recovery of improperly expended funds:  (1) The Office of Medicaid Inspector General;  (2) The Department of Human Services;  (3) The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the office of the Attorney General; and  (4) Another state or local government entity.    (c) All tips to the Arkansas Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Hotline under § 20-77-2506(28) that include an allegation of fraud shall be forwarded to the Office of Medicaid Inspector General.
AR Code § 20-77-2508 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 25 - Office of Medicaid Inspector General|§ 20-77-2508. Transfer of duties and resources

 (a) The duties, functions, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds of the Department of Human Services necessary to the operations of the Office of Medicaid Inspector General under § 20-77-2505 are transferred to the office.  (b) The office shall assume the duties under the Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law, § 20-77-1301 et seq.
AR Code § 20-77-2512 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 25 - Office of Medicaid Inspector General|§ 20-77-2512. Applicability of Medicaid Fairness Act

 The Medicaid Fairness Act, § 20-77-1701 et seq., applies to this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-77-2601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Lay Caregiver Act|§ 20-77-2601. Title

 This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Lay Caregiver Act”.