Arkansas ARChoices Medicaid resource allocation system
ARChoices was an algorithmic system introduced by The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) in January 2016 to determine Medicaid benefits for over 8,000 elderly and people with severe disabilities. Until January 2016, The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) had relied upon nurses to assess home and community care eligibility using a lengthy questionnaire called ARPath. Its replacement, ARChoices, handled both types of care by sorting people into twenty-three so-called resource utili s ation groups ('RUGs') , which the DHS argued was a fairer, more objective, and less costly system.
- Organisation involved
- Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS); Center for Information Management
- Product, system or model
- Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs)
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