To help overcome vaccine hesitancy amongst the Medicaid population, effective for 60 days beginning on Friday, August 13th through October 10, 2021, the state will pay all providers $100 for each COVID shot administered. The increase applies to both first and second vaccination administration of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and single shot administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccination.
https://www.nacds.org/ceo/2021/0820/Arkansas%20Medicaid%20Vaccine%20Rate%20Increase.pdf.
Also in Arkansas, the 93rd General Assembly three-day special session to debate amending Act 1002, a statewide ban on mask mandates implemented earlier this year. Two bills were filed, but neither the House nor Senate took any action to overturn the mask mandate law before they adjourned on August 6th.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.