Managed Care · AR
Arkansas
Moderate opportunity · score 52
MA penetration is near the national average — selective contracting opportunities.
State MA penetration
46.7%
National rank #30 · National avg 47.8%
-1.06 pp vs national
320,263
MA beneficiaries (rolled up)
685,178
Medicare eligibles
75
Counties indexed
221
SNFs in state
MA beneficiaries · 2016–2022
YoY change: +98.3%
SNF utilization rate (MA enrollees)
Share of MA beneficiaries with a SNF stay each year (CMS MA GV PUF).
Most saturated counties
- 59.2%Lee1,119 of 1,891 eligibles
- 58.4%Phillips2,405 of 4,117 eligibles
- 58.1%Madison2,522 of 4,340 eligibles
- 56.3%St. Francis2,789 of 4,958 eligibles
- 55.6%Poinsett3,082 of 5,540 eligibles
- 55.4%Mississippi4,520 of 8,164 eligibles
- 55.3%Franklin2,525 of 4,564 eligibles
- 55.3%Crawford8,225 of 14,870 eligibles
- 53.5%Johnson3,268 of 6,113 eligibles
- 53.3%Chicot1,406 of 2,640 eligibles
Highest opportunity counties
- 36.8%Clay3,825 eligibles · 1,408 enrolled
- 37.3%Independence9,007 eligibles · 3,359 enrolled
- 37.8%Cleveland2,016 eligibles · 762 enrolled
- 38.8%Arkansas4,097 eligibles · 1,591 enrolled
- 39.2%Faulkner23,561 eligibles · 9,238 enrolled
- 39.7%Sevier2,999 eligibles · 1,190 enrolled
- 40.1%Cleburne8,611 eligibles · 3,451 enrolled
- 40.1%Calhoun1,233 eligibles · 495 enrolled
- 40.3%Union9,593 eligibles · 3,863 enrolled
- 40.5%Pike2,807 eligibles · 1,138 enrolled
Top MA payers in Arkansas
324,816 total MA enrolled- 1SIERRA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.65,30820.1%
- 2CARE IMPROVEMENT PLUS SOUTH CENTRAL INSURANCE CO.46,00914.2%
- 3ARCADIAN HEALTH PLAN, INC.38,30011.8%
- 4EMPHESYS INSURANCE COMPANY37,32811.5%
- 5HUMANA INSURANCE COMPANY35,04210.8%
- 6ARKANSAS HEALTH & WELLNESS HEALTH PLAN, INC.21,6326.7%
- 7UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF THE MIDLANDS, INC.18,3735.7%
- 8COVENTRY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY15,5104.8%
- 9USABLE HMO, INC.12,7713.9%
- 10HEALTHSPRING LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.7,0532.2%
- 11COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF MISSOURI, INC.5,7281.8%
- 12DEVOTED HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF ARKANSAS INC4,4271.4%
- 13HARMONY HEALTH PLAN, INC.3,5201.1%
- 14COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF KANSAS, INC.3,3621.0%
- 15AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY2,8640.9%
Top-rated SNFs in Arkansas
221 total- THE SPRINGS JONESBOROJONESBORO, AR · Craighead County · 136 beds5★
- CAVE CITY NURSING HOME INCCAVE CITY, AR · Sharp County · 90 beds5★
- THE GREEN HOUSE COTTAGES OF WENTWORTH PLACEMAGNOLIA, AR · Columbia County · 126 beds5★
- ASH FLAT HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION CENTERASH FLAT, AR · Sharp County · 105 beds5★
- THE BLOSSOMS AT MOUNTAIN VIEW REHAB & NURSING CENMOUNTAIN VIEW, AR · Stone County · 97 beds5★
- THE SPRINGS OF MINE CREEKNASHVILLE, AR · Howard County · 78 beds5★
- THE SPRINGS OF HARRISONHARRISON, AR · Boone County · 90 beds5★
- SOUTHRIDGE VILLAGE NURSING AND REHABHEBER SPRINGS, AR · Cleburne County · 122 beds5★
- THE GREEN HOUSE COTTAGES OF WALNUT RIDGEWALNUT RIDGE, AR · Lawrence County · 119 beds5★
- THE SPRINGS MAGNOLIAMAGNOLIA, AR · Columbia County · 140 beds5★
Source: CMS MA State/County Penetration (Aug 2025). Secondary metrics from CMS Medicare Advantage Geographic Variation PUF (2016–2022). Penetration is computed by rolling up county-level CMS-published MA enrolled / Medicare eligibles. Trend chart spans 2016–2022.