Plans to change Medicaid set off provider alarms in Arkansas; caps, cuts imperil in-home, assisted-living care, they say

Proposed changes in Medicaid rules will cause assisted-living facilities to go out of business and reduce services to elderly and disabled Arkansans at home, service providers say. The changes, which would take effect next month, include a nearly 22 percent reduction in the rates paid to assisted-living facilities and set annual, per-person caps on the in-home help provided to participants in the ARChoices program.