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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.
KanCare is the state's privatized Medicaid system, with contracts worth more than $4 billion. Aetna, Sunflower Health Plan and United Healthcare Community Plan have been contracted MCOs since 2018.
After Kansas awarded KanCare MCO contracts to Healthy Blue, Sunflower and United, losing bidders Aetna and CareSource are protesting the procurement.
A Shawnee County judge denied a petition from health insurance company Aetna challenging the new Kansas Medicaid contracts for KanCare MCOs.
As lieutenant governor, Colyer led the Kansas Medicaid transformation, which has saved Kansans $2 billion since 2013 while increasing services. 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]
Kansas’ Medicaid program, called KanCare, has about 500,000 recipients. Thus far, of the 300,000 Kansans who have received renewal applications, more than 22,000 Kansans have lost coverage ...
Dennis McKinney (born July 24, 1960) is a former Kansas State Treasurer.He was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives where he represented the 116th House District for ten terms, the last six as the Democratic Party's leader (Minority Leader) in the Kansas House.
In results announced this month, Kansas officials gave low marks to the Minneapolis-based HMO's bid on a contract to manage care for beneficiaries within the state's Medicaid program. They ...