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Kansas officials have selected three health insurance companies to serve as managed care organizations for KanCare, the state's privatized Medicaid program that serves about 458,000 people.
After Kansas awarded KanCare MCO contracts to Healthy Blue, Sunflower and United, losing bidders Aetna and CareSource are protesting the procurement.
Kansas, Missouri and other states must begin reviewing whether Medicaid recipients are still eligible for benefits after enrollment grew during the pandemic.
KanCare has led to a 23% reduction in in-patient hospital stays, a 24% increase in members using a primary care physician and a 10% increase in outpatient, non-emergency treatment. [ 25 ] Colyer "and others in the Brownback administration were investigated and cleared by a federal grand jury as part of an inquiry into loans made in 2013 and ...
It remained unclear whether or when state agencies would begin complying with the Supreme Court ruling for such purposes as filing joint tax returns and providing spousal health care benefits, including the state's Medicaid program, with respect to same-sex couples married in Kansas or in other jurisdictions.
Kelly was elected to the Kansas Senate representing northern Topeka in November 2004, later serving as Minority Whip. [9] During her Senate tenure, from 2005 until her 2019 inauguration as governor, she was at times the Ranking Minority member of the Ways and Means Committee, Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight, and Public Health and Welfare Committee.
Eligibility may refer to: The right to run for office (in elections), sometimes called passive suffrage or voting eligibility; Desirability as a marriage partner, as in the term eligible bachelor; Validity for participation, as in eligibility to enter a Competition; Eligibility for the NBA draft; Eligible receiver, gridiron football rules for ...
Some increase in debt was expected as the state continues with its 10-year Comprehensive Transportation Program enacted in 1999. In 2003, Kansas had three income brackets for income tax calculation, ranging from 3.5% to 6.45%. The state sales tax in Kansas is 6.15%. Various cities and counties in Kansas have an additional local sales tax.