Audit finds nearly a third of school Medicaid providers have no background check

A new report estimates that nearly a third of Kansas school district employees or contractors who provide Medicaid services to public school students may be working without a criminal background check.

Medicaid Inspector General Steven Anderson issued a report Wednesday estimating that 31% out of roughly 3,731 Medicaid providers in Kansas schools did not have a background check completed.

The Kansas State Department of Education requires a fingerprint-based criminal background check for licensed staff, but there is nothing in . . .

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