Request for informal dispute resolution

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-10-1905 — under Long-Term Care Facilities and Services.

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-10-1905

(a) A long-term care facility that wishes to challenge a deficiency shall make a written request to the Department of Health within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of the statement of deficiencies from the Office of Long-Term Care.

(b) The written request shall include:(1) A list of all deficiencies that the long-term care facility wishes to challenge; and(2) A statement indicating whether the long-term care facility wants the hearing to be conducted by telephone conference call, by record review of the impartial decision maker, or by a meeting in which the long-term care facility and the office appear before the impartial decision maker.

(1) A list of all deficiencies that the long-term care facility wishes to challenge; and

(2) A statement indicating whether the long-term care facility wants the hearing to be conducted by telephone conference call, by record review of the impartial decision maker, or by a meeting in which the long-term care facility and the office appear before the impartial decision maker.