Medicaid and CHIP (KanCare)

Kansas Medicaid Policy

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), known in Kansas as KanCare, provide health insurance coverage to hundreds of thousands of low-income Kansans. This, in addition to long-term care for older adults and people with disabilities. KanCare accounts for a major portion of the state budget.

KHI analyzes how state policy and federal rules affect Kansans who depend on KanCare for health care and long-term services and supports. Additionally, KHI evaluates how Medicaid policies impact the state budget, how one of the largest insurance programs in the state affects doctors, hospitals, and other providers of these critical services, and how we can improve the performance and efficiency of the program.

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Medicaid Expansion’s Impact on the Kansas Behavioral Health System and Users of Behavioral Health Services

Medicaid is among the largest purchasers of behavioral health services in the United States and in Kansas. If Kansas were to expand the Medicaid program under the terms of the Affordable Care Act, the outcome also would expand Medicaid’s role in the behavioral health system in Kansas. This report, prepared for the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas through a contract with the Community Care Network of Kansas, studies the impact that Medicaid expansion might have on the behavioral health system in Kansas and how expanding coverage could provide other benefits for Kansas families and communities.

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Jan 26, 2023

Logo: Medicaid Expansion’s Impact on the Behavioral Health System and Users of Behavioral Health

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