Expert guides about medicaid in Arkansas from Brevy Care.
Arkansas Medicaid has a spend down for people whose income is too high, but it runs through the Medically Needy program, which excludes long-term care and personal care.
A gift or below-value sale in the 60 months before applying for Arkansas Medicaid nursing facility or waiver care is presumed to be for qualifying and can mean months of ineligibility.
Missing an Arkansas Medicaid renewal can end your coverage even if you still qualify.
If your Arkansas Medicaid was denied, cut, or terminated, you have the right to appeal and request a fair hearing, and you can often keep your benefits while the appeal is decided.
Arkansas Medicaid HCBS waivers pay for care at home instead of in a nursing facility, and the state delivers them mainly through one program: ARChoices in Homecare.
$40 a month is what the Arkansas Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance lets a nursing-home resident keep for personal spending.
Arkansas Medicaid spousal impoverishment rules protect the at-home spouse when a partner enters nursing home care.
Arkansas Medicare Savings Programs (QMB, SLMB and QI) pay the Medicare Part B premium, and for QMB every Medicare deductible and copay, for people with limited income and assets.
Arkansas Medicaid sets a $2,982 per month income cap for long-term care in 2026; an applicant over that limit must use a Miller Trust, and the asset limit is $2,000 for a single applicant.
Arkansas Medicaid estate recovery applies after the death of a recipient 55 or older who received long-term care.
Applying for Arkansas Medicaid starts at Access Arkansas.
Arkansas Medicaid pays for nursing home care once a resident meets the rules, including the long-term custodial care that Medicare does not cover.
The Arkansas Medicaid income limits for 2026 are really two different limits, and which one applies to you depends on what you are applying for.