{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-77-133","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-77-133","heading":"Walk-in clinic and emergent care clinic - Medicaid reimbursement - Definitions","body":"(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Emergent care clinic\" means a walk-in clinic focused on the delivery of ambulatory care in a facility outside of traditional emergency care; and (2) \"Walk-in clinic\" means a medical clinic that accepts patients on a walk-in basis and without an appointment. (b) When a Medicaid beneficiary who does not have an assigned primary care provider utilizes or attempts to utilize a walk-in clinic or emergent care clinic, the walk-in clinic or emergent care clinic shall not decline to treat the patient due to his or her lack of a primary care provider. (c) The Arkansas Medicaid Program shall reimburse for up to four (4) healthcare visits per year at a walk-in clinic or emergent care clinic when the Medicaid beneficiary does not have a primary care provider assigned if the walk-in clinic or emergent care clinic is associated with a hospital. Added by Act 2017, No. 546,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.\n\n(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Emergent care clinic\" means a walk-in clinic focused on the delivery of ambulatory care in a facility outside of traditional emergency care; and (2) \"Walk-in clinic\" means a medical clinic that accepts patients on a walk-in basis and without an appointment.\n\n(1) \"Emergent care clinic\" means a walk-in clinic focused on the delivery of ambulatory care in a facility outside of traditional emergency care; and\n\n(2) \"Walk-in clinic\" means a medical clinic that accepts patients on a walk-in basis and without an appointment.\n\n(b) When a Medicaid beneficiary who does not have an assigned primary care provider utilizes or attempts to utilize a walk-in clinic or emergent care clinic, the walk-in clinic or emergent care clinic shall not decline to treat the patient due to his or her lack of a primary care provider.\n\n(c) The Arkansas Medicaid Program shall reimburse for up to four (4) healthcare visits per year at a walk-in clinic or emergent care clinic when the Medicaid beneficiary does not have a primary care provider assigned if the walk-in clinic or emergent care clinic is associated with a hospital.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 77","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"bb0b9d0fce581d85b17629c2e31b0a32393ce3249a460d5d65b33608949c9a54","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-77-132","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-77-134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}