Kansas Medicaid Spent $2.3 Billion On First Year KanCare Contracts

By the end of December 2013, KanCare, the Kansas Medicaid waiver managed care program had 330,019 enrollees, and the state had paid the three contracted managed care organizations (MCOs) more than $2.3 billion in capitated payments over a 12-month period. Enrollment is mandatory for nearly all Kansas Medicaid beneficiaries, except native Americans, and Medicare/Medicaid dual eligible enrolled in a Medicare Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). The MCOs cover medical, behavioral health, pharmacy benefits, and targeted case management.

About two-thirds of the enrollees (213,376) are children. With the exception of 33 . . .