Imagine being a new or expectant mom and discovering your prenatal appointments are no longer covered by your health insurance.

After Kansas awarded KanCare MCO contracts to Healthy Blue, Sunflower and United, losing bidders Aetna and CareSource are protesting the procurement.

The KanCare program currently serves 458,000 individuals throughout the State. The contracts include two incumbents, Sunflower Health Plan and United Healthcare Community Plan, and one new ...

That’s why the next iteration of KanCare in 2018, KanCare 2.0, prioritized members through additional care coordination, employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities and/or ...

Billions of dollars are on the line in the KanCare bidding process. The current contracts for the three MCOs combined are worth nearly $4 billion, ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - A health care center estimates changes to KanCare could impact patients. Heartland Community Health Center announced in December, congress moved the Medicaid continuous ...

KanCare is the privatized program that administers Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, within Kansas. The KanCare inspector general is tasked with auditing the ...

The KanCare program is worth about $3 billion annually in state and federal funding to the for-profit insurance companies hired by Kansas. In June, KDHE announced signing of the new KanCare ...

KanCare enrollment begins amid Amerigroup lawsuit, Kansans urged to compare new plans. Kansas City Star (MO) Oct. 01--Kansans who receive Medicaid services through Amerigroup can begin choosing a ...

A contract dispute that could disrupt the health care of more than 400,000 Kansans enrolled in the state’s privatized Medicaid program has landed in court. Amerigroup, one of three companies that ...

Gov. Jeff Colyer’s opponents call KanCare a disaster. But Colyer is standing by one of his signature accomplishments. And the program is likely to change no matter who is elected governor.

They found that KanCare increased the use of primary care substantially, by 45 percent, and more modestly increased the use of dental (15 percent) and behavioral health (8 percent) services.