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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.
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]
The Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (HIPP) is a Medicaid program that allows a recipient to receive free private health insurance paid for entirely by their state's Medicaid program. A Medicaid recipient must be deemed 'cost effective' by the HIPP program of their state. Ultimately, the program was made optional, and its use is minimal ...
A Shawnee County judge denied a petition from health insurance company Aetna challenging the new Kansas Medicaid contracts for KanCare MCOs.
Health Net, LLC, a subsidiary of Centene, is an American health care insurance provider.Health Net and its subsidiaries provide health plans for individuals, families, businesses and people with Medicare and Medicaid, as well as commercial, small business, and affordable care insurance.
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 ...