Shockingly, a KanCare insurance company denied doctor’s orders for postsurgical care and therapy for a child with cerebral palsy. We were promised that I/DD case-management services would ...

KMBC 9WE’LL BE TACKLING A NUMBER OFLARA: TO STAY UP TO DATE CLICKTHERE YOU CAN ALSO FIND CO In Kansas, under KanCare, three health insurance companies manage care for more than 400,000 people.

That's despite the fact that the Kansas Medicaid program, a privatized system called KanCare that provides health insurance for low-income and disabled residents, is moving forward with new ...

Sam Brownback’s administration want to shift the disability services to KanCare, a year-old program outsourcing administration of Medicaid to three private insurance companies that contract with ...

“If I find Medicaid eligibility for minor children, parents, and pregnant women I can provide same-day KanCare coverage.” In addition to helping Heartland patients with insurance ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Starting next week, Kansas Medicaid will expand to include doulas. KanCare will recognize them as non-physician providers starting July 1 with the aim of helping to ...

UnitedHealthcare hired new CEOs to run its KanCare plan and its private-sector employer and individual health insurance plans this month. UHC hired Kevin Sparks to lead its Community Plan of ...

The government provides KanCare coverage for people with disabilities because insurance companies couldn’t do so and still make a profit, Ward said. “Medicaid wouldn’t exist if you could ...

KanCare was launched in 2013 during then-Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration, but the chief architect of it was current Gov. Jeff Colyer, who was then Brownback’s lieutenant governor.

Testimony in support of the KanCare insurance providers and state agencies blended with complaints raised repeatedly over the years. This inquiry by legislators occurs at a time of transition ...

The health insurance company was one of several bidders to respond to a request for proposals for managed care organizations to operate the state's privatized Medicaid system. Known as KanCare ...