Purpose: Current funding for and financial access to health care services are not sufficient, threatening Arkansans’ ability to receive high-quality care at affordable prices. The erosion of private sector financing increases Arkansans’ reliance on public sector programs. But, public funding is limited and health care providers’ ability to provide uncompensated care is at breaking point. ACHI works to resolve financial instability in the health care system by global assessment and strategic development of efficient, affordable solutions.

ARHealthNetworks

The Arkansas Safety Net Benefit Program offers small businesses a limited health benefit package for their employees.  Click here for more information.

State Coverage Institute - Governor's Implementation Group

Arkansas is one of fourteen states whose applications were accepted for participation in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Coverage Initiatives (SCI) 2007 Coverage Institute.  Click here for more information.

Governor's Roundtable on Health Care (established December 2007)  Commissioned by Governor Mike Beebe and staffed by ACHI, the Roundtable on Health Care consists on 30 non-governmental representatives of community decision-makers from the health, health care, business, and consumer sectors.  For more information, click here.

Arkansas Health Insurance Roundtable (October 2000 – April 2007)

Using federal grants and dollars provided through the State Coverage Initiative, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ACHI established and staffed the Arkansas Health Insurance Roundtable.  Members of the Roundtable included, employers, insurers, providers, and consumers. For more information on the Arkansas Health Insurance Roundtable and its work, click here.

Navigating the Landscape of Health Care (2005–2015)

In 2005, the Roundtable and ACHI embarked on an innovative project to map a conceptual grid of health care scenarios that would provide a framework for thinking about choices faced today in the health care arena and likely future events. The goal of the graphic map is not to simply predict the future; rather it brings diverse groups together to prepare for the future and shape it. To ensure the map represented stimulators of change, the Roundtable included economic, social, and political considerations as well as the local, national, and global perspectives.  Click here to view the map.

RESOURCES

Arkansas Health Care Finance Overview

2005 Arkansas Fact Book: A Profile of the Uninsured

Medicaid Primer