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Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNP) in Arkansas

(if eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid)

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Arkansas

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Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNP) are Medicare Advantage plans specifically designed for beneficiaries who are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare.

There are 75 counties in Arkansas. Medicare-Medicaid Dual plan monthly premiums, plan benefits, and insurance companies offering plans can vary by county in Arkansas.

Frequently Asked Questions

About Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible SNP

Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNP) are Medicare Advantage plans specifically designed for beneficiaries who are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare. These plans can include benefits and coverage from both State-level Medicaid and Federal-level Medicare programs.
In order to be eligible for Medicare-Medicaid Dual plans you will likely have to be eligible for your State’s Medicaid program and also eligible for Medicare. Each State has different requirements and income limits to qualify for Medicaid. You may need to meet the income limit requirements for your State’s Medicaid program in order to qualify for a Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible plan.

Medicare and Medicaid coordinate benefits and coverage for Dual Eligible Plans. Medicare is primary and pays first for medical services, while Medicaid is secondary and may cover medical costs not covered, or partially covered, by Medicare.

There are several different types of dual eligible beneficiaries, which can determine how Medicare and Medicaid coordinate coverage:
  • QMB (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary)
    • Medicaid pays premiums and cost sharing for Medicare Part A and Part B benefits
  • QMB Plus (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Plus)
    • Same as QMB, but Medicaid also pays for full Medicaid benefits
  • SLMB (Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary)
    • Medicaid pays for Medicare Part B premium
  • SLMB Plus (Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary Plus)
    • Same as SLMB, but Medicaid also pays for full Medicaid benefits
  • Other FBDE (Full Benefit Dual Eligible)
    • Medicaid pays Medicare Part B premium and full Medicaid benefits
  • QDWI (Qualified Disabled & Working Individual)
    • Medicaid pays Medicare Part A premium

Health Insurance Companies Offering Plans

Medicare Advantage and Part D plans and benefits offered by the following insurance companies:

  • Aetna Medicare
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
  • Aspire Health Plan
  • Baylor Scott & White Health Plan
  • Capital Blue Cross
  • Cigna Healthcare
  • Dean Health Plan
  • Devoted Health
  • Florida Blue Medicare
  • Freedom Health
  • GlobalHealth
  • Health Care Service Corporation
  • Healthy Blue
  • HealthSun
  • Humana
  • Molina Healthcare
  • Mutual of Omaha
  • Medica Central Health Plan
  • Optimum HealthCare
  • Premera Blue Cross
  • SCAN Health Plan
  • Simply
  • UnitedHealthcareⓇ
  • Wellcare
  • WellPoint