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Contact DPSQA

Contact DPSQA

OfficeAddressEmail
Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance700 Main Street
Slot S-427
Little Rock, AR  72203-1437  
[email protected]

Staff

NameTitlePhoneEmail
Martina SmithDivision Director​501-396-6165Email
Sarah SchmidtDeputy Director501-320-6555Email
Linda WhiteAssistant Director for the Office of Long Term Care 501-396-6422Email
Crystal WaltonAssistant Director for the Office of Community Services Licensure/Certification501-251-6459Email
Lee HonorableAssistant Director for the Office of Performance and Engagement501-320-6385Email
Rebecca DixonHuman Resources Manager​501-320-6002Email
Jason CallanChief Fiscal Officer, DPSQA ​501-683-6411Email
Rashad CampbellInformation Technology Manager501-320-3919Email

Incident and Accident Reports

ContactELS I&A Reporting
Incidents and Accidents  Provider Login

Choices In Living Resource Center 

NameEmailPhone
Toll-Free Email 866-801-3435
Resource Center is open from 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday through Friday. For more information on the Choices In Living Resource Center, or download LTSS or Medicaid forms, please visit the Choices in Living Resource Center webpage.

CNA Training & Certification

NameEmailPhone
NATP Certification Unit Email 
Lori RoseEmail501-320-6398
For questions on scheduling CNA certification exams or renewing your CNA certification, please visit the TMU Arkansas website.

CNA Training Reimbursement (Facility-Based Programs)

NameEmailPhone
NATP Certification Unit Email 
Lori RoseEmail501-320-6398

Complaints (OLTC)

NameEmailPhone
Teresa Crowder Email 800-582-4887
Glenda CooperEmail800-582-4887
Nursing Facilities, Human Development Centers, ICFs, and PRTFs (related to restraints and seclusion)

Complaints (HCBS)

NameEmail
Donald Turner, Nurse Manager Email
Acute Crisis Unit, Adult Day Care, Adult Day Health Care, ADDTs, Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Treatment Programs, ARChoices, ALFs I&II, Behavioral Health Agencies, Community Support System Providers, EIDT, PACE, Partial Hospitalization, Personal Care, Post Acute Head Injury, RCF, Residential Community Reintegration, Targeted Case Management, Therapeutic Communities

Criminal Background Check

NameEmailPhone
Ebony Russ Email  501-371-1351
Long-Term Care Facilities, ADDT, CES Waiver

Discharge Appeals (Long-Term Care Facilities)

NameEmailPhone
Teresa Crowder Email 501-320-6244

Employment Clearance Registry (Long-Term Care Facilities)

NameEmailPhone
Ebony Russ Email 501-371-1351
Employment Clearance Registry (ECR) requests must be submitted on the request form located on the Employment Clearance Registry page

Enforcement (Nursing Facilities – Federal) Nursing Facility Survey Review

NameEmailPhone
Melissa Matthews Email 501-320-3844

Form 704 – Medical Needs Determination for Nursing Facility Placement/Waiver

NameEmailPhone
Sandrae Nicholson Email 501-320-6274
Med Needs Quickbase SystemEmail 

Freedom of Information

NameEmailPhone
Wanda Goree Email501-320-6119
Ebony Russ Email 501-371-1351
To make a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, please visit the DHS FOIA webpage.

ICF/IID Placement Determinations, Medical Needs Determination / PASRR, TEFRA

NameEmailPhone
Sandrae Nicholson Email 501-320-6274
Brenda Faye GarlandEmail501-320-6241

MDS/RAI, Staff Development (Office of Long Term Care)

NameEmailPhone
Deanna Bryant Email 501-682-6480

MDS Upload

NameEmailPhone
Keith Rogers Email501-683-0614
Timothy FosheeEmail501-218-8293

Medicare/Medicaid Bed Certification, Nursing Facility & ICF / IID Licensure

NameEmailPhone
OLTC Licensure Certification UnitEmail
Kenneth Hanft Email501-320-6194
Stacey WilliamsEmail501-320-6460
Brenda Faye GarlandEmail501-320-6241

Nursing Facility Administrator Program

NameEmailPhone
Nursing Home Administrator Licensing UnitEmail 

Nursing Facility & ICF/IID DON Changes

NameEmailPhone
Brenda Faye Garland Email501-320-6241

Nursing Facility State Survey

NameEmailPhone
Brenda Faye GarlandEmail501-320-6241
Stacey Williams Email501-320-6460