A Shawnee County judge is allowing the state to move ahead with implementing a new Medicaid program over the objection of Aetna for Better Health, which lost its bid for a renewed contract to administer the health care plan for the poor.
Shawnee County District Judge Tom Luedke denied Aetna's request to stop the state from proceeding with a new Medicaid program - known as KanCare - until a judicial review of how the contracts were awarded is completed.
Aetna's challenge to how the Medicaid contracts were awarded will continue.
Luedke said the likelihood that Aetna would succeed on the . . .
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