Kansas Quickly Moves Toward Medicaid Managed Care Overhaul

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has petitioned CMS for waivers so the state can begin transitioning Medicaid beneficiaries to managed care by next year, according to an Associated Press/CBS News report.

Gov. Brownback wants to overhaul the $2.9 billion Medicaid program and issue contracts to three undetermined managed care companies, according to the report. If and when Kansas receives a waiver from CMS, the managed care contracts would go live on Jan. 1, 2013.


Some state legislators questioned the timeframe of the Republican's governor's plan. Sen. Dick Kelsey (R-Goddard) said in the report the proposal toward Medicaid managed care should be pushed back until July 1, 2013, because the transition "will be a tremendously chaotic thing."

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