Third outside group to join bidding for KanCare contract
A third outside group is planning to get in on the bidding for one of the contracts to administer to the state's $4.2 billion...
UPDATED: Kelly administration to keep gender marker policy intact; Kobach promises court fight
(Updated to include comments from Republican leadership, MainStream Coalition)
Gov. Laura Kelly's administration will keep intact its policy for allowing transgender Kansans to change gender...
UPDATED: State pauses Medicaid disenrollments amid ‘unwinding’ process
(Updated to show that disenrollments have resumed.)
Kansas has paused cutting people off Medicaid as it unwinds from a federal law that blocked beneficiaries from...
State resumes Medicaid disenrollments as unwinding continues
State health officials said Wednesday they've resumed removing people from the Medicaid rolls after they briefly paused the disenrollments to give Kansans more time...
Top Medicaid administrator highlights ‘unwinding’ challenges
A top state Medicaid administrator recounted the many lessons the state has learned grappling with the thousands of Kansans whose eligibility for health insurance...
UPDATED: KU launches plan to address nursing shortage; hospital nursing vacancies peak
(Updated to correct the hospital nursing vacancies were the highest since 2000)
As hospitals struggle to recruit nurses and the demand for nursing heightens, the...
State Medicaid director departing
Sarah Fertig is leaving as the state's Medicaid director after leading the $4 billion program for a little more than three years.
A spokesperson for...
UPDATED: Kelly launches major campaign for Medicaid expansion
(Updated to include Republican response as well as comments from advocacy group and political scientist)
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is stepping up pressure on the...
Republicans: Trading flat tax for Medicaid expansion a nonstarter
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly wants Medicaid expansion.
Republican leadership in the Legislature wants a flat tax.
If you think there's room for some kind of grand...
Kansas failed to properly carry out automatic Medicaid renewals, report shows
Kansas is among 29 states that failed to carry out automatic Medicaid renewals at the individual level as the state gradually unwound from the...
