Arkansas Community and Employment Support (CES) Waiver

“The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services Waiver Services section provides a variety of community-based services to eligible individuals in addition to the management, policy development, planning and administration of the Medicaid Home and Community Based Waiver.

The Community and Employment Support (CES) Waiver offers services in your community to support clients with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) with all major life activities, such as living independently and working at a job with help from an employment coach. The program promotes inclusion for clients through community experiences and provides care coordination for getting services.”

Arkansas Works Waiver

“This fact sheet summarizes the main design features of the Arkansas waiver, including eligibility and enrollment policies, covered benefits, required premiums and cost sharing, and how services are delivered (i.e. by fee for service or managed care).”

Arkansas Medicaid Section 1115(a) demonstration: Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me (ARHOME)

“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is approving Arkansas’s request for a new section 1115(a) demonstration titled, “Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me”(ARHOME) (Project Number 11-W-00379/6) (the “demonstration”), in accordance with section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act (the Act). Approval of this demonstration will enable Arkansas (“the state”) to provide premium assistance to Medicaid beneficiaries with incomes up to and including 133 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), who are eligible under the new adult group, to assist beneficiaries in the purchase of coverage from qualified health plans (QHPs) offered in the individual market through the Federally Facilitated Marketplace”