Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has ... highlighting an arrest or conviction on a much smaller scale: Medicaid fraud. "Deception, lying, stealing, fraud," said Griffin, a Republican ...

Jeremy Hutchinson, 51, is one of five former Arkansas lawmakers, along with six health care company executives and lobbyists, convicted after a federal Medicaid fraud investigation. "I stand ...

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are working through the weekend on a reconciliation bill that includes massive cuts to Medicaid ... fraud in these programs has been an issue. There's big cases ...

Republican leadership has described the policy as combating “waste, fraud and ... coverage. Arkansas put in a work requirement in 2018 for people enrolled in the Medicaid expansion.

“The numbers of Americans who are affected are those that are entwined in our work to eliminate fraud ... In Arkansas, which implemented work requirements for Medicaid in 2018, more than ...

“You might say you’re combating waste, fraud and abuse ... trends and experiences observed in Arkansas and New Hampshire. In 2018, Arkansas became the first state to implement work rules as a ...

Arkansas could stand to lose as much as $797 million annually. Boozman said he’s for tightening up waste and fraud in the Medicaid program as well as ... tens of millions, in some cases, hundreds of ...

De Liban and Mr. Hawkins are lawyers who successfully sued to stop Arkansas’s Medicaid work requirements ... often needing a lawyer’s help. In some cases, they had to pester their employers ...

Experts noted fraudulent billing from providers, not individuals seeking benefits dishonestly, accounts for the vast majority of Medicaid fraud. Such cases can be prosecuted by the state attorney ...

WASHINGTON -- None of Arkansas' federal lawmakers serve on the U.S. House of Representatives committee with jurisdiction over Medicaid, but the Natural State has been a frequent topic in the ...