Work begins on setting details of state Medicaid overhaul

By John Lyon                       details of those changes.     

Arkansas News Bureau               Dr. Richard Jacobs, right,
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike            director of pediatrics at
Beebe’s project to change the      Arkansas Children’s Hospital,
way the state Medicaid             speaks Monday at the
program pays for services          University of Arkansas for
moved a step forward today         Medical Sciences during the
with the initial meeting of        first meeting of a work group
one of nine work groups            on state Medicaid reform.
tasked with hammering out the      (John Lyon photo)             

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