Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program provide health insurance for thousands of low-income Kansans. These programs account for the second largest proportion of state spending besides K-12 education and are among the fastest growing programs in the state budget. KHI analyzes these programs to assist policymakers in constructing the most effective programs for these vulnerable populations.
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An introduction to the Kansas Medicaid program, a state/federal partnership that provided health insurance coverage to approximately 250,000 Kansans in 2008. This primer was jointly produced by the Kansas Legislative Research Department and the Kansas Health Institute, with technical assistance from the Kansas Health Policy Authority
0 | Jan. 11, 2012 |
In testimony to the House Social Services Budget Committee, KHI discusses a proposal for Medicaid managed care.
0 | Oct. 21, 2011 |
This brief — the fourth in a series focusing on how health reform affects Kansans — examines the changes that will occur in Medicaid under the health reform law.
0 | Jun. 15, 2011 |
As policymakers consider the future of the Medicaid program, KHI created this fact sheet that summarizes the current program in Kansas. It provides an accessible overview of Medicaid in Kansas ― how it operates, its costs and the population it serves.
0 | Apr. 30, 2009 |
This annual publication of the Kansas Health Institute provides a snapshot of the insurance status of Kansans in various categories, including age, gender and work status. It also describes how the insurance status of Kansans is changing over time.
0 | Mar. 02, 2009 |
The Kansas Legislature in 2009 considered the structure of the Kansas Office of Inspector General, an office within the Kansas Health Policy Authority that is to detect abuse and fraud in the Kansas Medicaid program. This memo provides an overview of the ways in which the federal government's Office of Inspector General maintains its role as an independent agency.
0 | Feb. 03, 2012 |
Gov. Sam Brownback today appointed former legislator Phyllis Gilmore to be secretary of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, following the troubled tenure of Rob Siedlecki, who resigned in December after just a year at the post.
0 | Feb. 02, 2012 |
The acting head of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services today apologized for the agency not doing enough to investigate reports of elder abuse and neglect.
0 | Feb. 01, 2012 |
A Wichita lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require an annual evaluation of the state's Medicaid managed care contractors.
0 | Feb. 01, 2012 |
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas has notified doctors and other providers that company officials have decided against bidding on Gov. Sam Brownback's KanCare proposal. "It would have required us to dramatically change our business model to serve new populations in different settings in less than a year," a Blue Cross official wrote. "We decided that we could not responsibly commit to so great a change at this time."
0 | Jan. 31, 2012 |
Today was the first of two deadlines for Medicaid managed care proposals to be submitted to Kansas purchasing officials. But no information about the KanCare bidders will be released until the second deadline, which is next month. Feb. 22 is when interested companies must have turned in the financial information accompanying their plan proposals.
1 | Feb. 06, 2012 |
Citing uncertainty in the amount of money Kansas will receive from major tobacco companies as part of a long-standing legal settlement, Gov. Sam Brownback has proposed cutting $16 million from programs that promote parenting skills and early childhood development.
0 | Jan. 01, 2009 |
This introduction to the issue of underinsurance discusses the difficulty in determining what constitutes underinsurance and alerts policymakers to issues they should consider when addressing this issue.
0 | Feb. 03, 2012 |
Gov. Sam Brownback today appointed former legislator Phyllis Gilmore to be secretary of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, following the troubled tenure of Rob Siedlecki, who resigned in December after just a year at the post.
0 | Feb. 02, 2012 |
Two bills before a House corrections committee are aimed at growing problems among youths in Leavenworth County, according to county officials.
0 | Jan. 25, 2012 |
The head of the Medicaid fraud unit at the Kansas Attorney General’s Office told lawmakers it was easy to cheat programs that provide in-home services for the disabled and the frail elderly.
0 | Sep. 11, 2008 |
TOPEKA, Sept. 11 - Videos of the recent health-care forum at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics have been posted on the Web site of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
1 | Feb. 06, 2012 |
Citing uncertainty in the amount of money Kansas will receive from major tobacco companies as part of a long-standing legal settlement, Gov. Sam Brownback has proposed cutting $16 million from programs that promote parenting skills and early childhood development.
3 | Jun. 22, 2011 |
In this video, KHI senior analyst Tatiana Lin discusses community water fluoridation from a public health perspective.
1 | Jan. 30, 2012 |
A top official at the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services defended a change in policy that has resulted in at least 1,000 children being dropped from the state’s food stamp program.
1 | Jan. 20, 2012 |
Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday hinted that his administration might use a portion of the revenues gained from his proposed elimination of the state’s earned income tax credit to help reduce long-standing waiting lists for services for the disabled.
1 | Jan. 20, 2012 |
A Wichita lawmaker has introduced a bill that would remove long-term care services for the developmentally disabled from the governor's plan to expand Medicaid managed care.
1 | Jan. 17, 2012 |
Recent cuts in community mental health center budgets are harming veterans and their families, according to a center director.
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