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Report includes: 1. The number of students enrolled in rural or underserved urban medicine programs 2. The medical specialties and residency locations of the students in rural or underserved urban medicine programs 3. The initial post-residency practice locations for graduates of rural or underserved urban medicine programs.

Presentation giving a KanCare overview, and updates on the 1115 Waiver, Continuity of Care Policy, OneCare Kansas, Medicaid eligibility backlog, Clearinghouse Contract, Analytics Goals for the Division, MCO Finance, and Telemedicine.

A presentation providing a statistical overview of managed care services and their economic aspects in Kansas, as of December 2018.

Presentation giving a KanCare Overview, and discussing KanCare and HCBS eligibility, KanCare program updates, KanCare Meaningful Measures Collaborative, dashboards and analytics, and the opioid epidemic and antipsychotic use in nursing homes.

A report that "provides preliminary analysis of the impact of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Maryland, focusing on coverage, access to care, and cost." -- p. iii of report.

"The purpose of this memorandum is to provide the Managed Care Organizations (MCO)s with guidance on processing post-MFP transitions until the MFP Sustainability Plan and policies necessary to implement the approved plan are vetted and approved. Until the aforementioned policies are approved and implemented, requests received on or after July 1, 2017 involving individuals who wish to transition from an institutional setting to a community-based setting will be approved through the applicable waiver program manager as outlined below. This process will be utilized to process, monitor and track the status of these transitions."

Presentation before the Kansas Legislature, Robert G. (Bob) Bethell KanCare Oversight Committee, by the KanCare Program, Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

"The objective of this dissertation is to examine the fundamental geographic patterns regarding the spatial distribution of specific Aging in Place (AIP) and Aging in Community (AIC) opportunities in the United States by county, focusing on the characteristics of the workforce that provide these services. Secondly, this research aims to determine what the key determinants or predictor variables that best explain this spatial distribution. This examination will investigate the geographical link between Facility-Based Services (FBS) and Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) and their relationship to the older adult population. It is hypothesized that certain socio-economic and demographic variables that gauge culture, social capital, and prosperity will be instrumental in describing the geographic inventory of the Long-Term Care workforce and that specific establishments and initiatives dedicated to the Continuum of Long-Term Care are disproportionately located and clustered in these geographic areas. Specifically, it is hypothesized that the geography of Facility-Based and Home and Community-Based Services will vary, and access to Long-Term Care will be unequal. The analysis revealed that Long-Term Care employment and Continuum of Care establishments are not evenly distributed throughout the United States, greatly influencing an individual's ability to Age in Community. Urban counties, with higher population densities and elevated levels of social capital provide more HCBS and innovative Long-Term Care (LTC) options. Access barriers are accentuated in rural and less affluent geographies, often making institutionalized Skilled Nursing Homes the only available form of care."--Abstract from author supplied metadata

Presentation providing a statistical overview of managed care services and their economic aspects in Kansas.

Presentation giving a KanCare overview, and updates on the Medicaid eligibility backlog, Kansas Eligibility Enforcement System, the financial status of MCOs, step therapy, the KanCare request for proposal, SB 69 implementation issues, and CMS letters.

Presentation giving a KanCare Overview, and discussing the resolution of the Medicaid eligibility backlog, the Nursing Facility Liaison Pilot Program, the Kansas Eligibility Enforcement System, the financial status of MCOs, Step Therapy, the KanCare Request for Proposal, the CMS Audit, and Grievances & Appeals.

An updated presentation providing a statistical overview of managed care services and their economic aspects in Kansas.

Presentation discussing system updates and enhancements to the online application for Medicaid and SCHIP benefits, staffing increases, internal and external process reviews to identify work flow improvements, and a 5-point plan for long term care backlog reduction.

An updated presentation concerning Medicaid expansion, the priorities of the KanCare program and the economic issues involved.

Presentation concerning Medicaid expansion, the priorities of the KanCare program and the economic issues involved.

"The State of Kansas received direction from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to move three services from the Autism Waiver to the Medicaid State Plan Amendment. The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) and The Kansas Department for Health and Environment (KDHE) have been working to facilitate these changes."

"The purpose of this study was to understand the perceptions and experiences of illness among American Indians (AI) in southeastern NC and to describe their decision making processes when accessing and using health care services. Most AIs in North Carolina live in rural areas, where chronic illnesses are a growing concern. Illnesses such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes have crippled this population physically and emotionally and have resulted in undue financial hardship for AIs. Focused ethnography methodology was used to guide the study and the Social-Ecological Model (SEM) aided in the analysis of the data. AI gatekeepers recruited eighteen participants from rural areas to participant in one of four focus groups or one of three semi-structured interviews. After data analysis, confirmation of findings was received from the participants. These participants describe illness as having a medical diagnosis and the experience of being ill as having signs and symptoms, for example, breathing difficulty, pain, bleeding, inability to attend social functions, and the inability to be active. Many of these participants reported seeking care for primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Factors that influenced their decision making involved all of the SEM levels. The two most significant factors that influenced their decision making to seek health care were adequate insurance and a relationship with the provider. With the exception of an emergency, without these two factors, there was a delay in seeking health care."--Abstract from author supplied metadata

Presentation discussing the KanCare program, specifically future plans, the financial status of managed care organizations, HCBS waiver integration, and budget reductions, along with attachments discussing KanCare finances, giving an update on the Medicaid eligibility backlog, and answering questions from the April 2016 meeting.

Presentation discussing the KanCare program, giving an overview of the program, and discussing future plans, step therapy, managed care organization finances and contracts, HCBS waiver integration, health homes, and Medicaid claims, applications, and eligibility.

Presentation discussing the KanCare program, giving an overview of the program, and discussing the Medicaid eligibility backlog, the Kansas Eligibility Enforcement System, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HCBS waiver integration, the financial status of managed care organizations, nursing facility advanced payments, step therapy, and a proposal request update, along with attachments discussing KanCare finances, a KanCare eligibility improvement overview, recommendations and plans for improvement, and answering questions from committee members.

Presentation discussing the KanCare program, specifically addressing the committee's recommendations for high cost drugs, step therapy, preferred drug list management, Hepatitis C medications policies, health homes, Parent as Support Programs, and presumptive eligibility for pregnant women.

"This document provides recommendations that go beyond the use of advanced medical technologies, which can result in managing devastating chronic disease but fail to prevent these diseases in the first place. Instead these recommendations call for an integrated approach that includes, but is not limited to, access to quality healthcare; policy formulation which addresses social determinants; program integration; strategic use of data; and a thorough understanding of dynamic political processes which influence health outcomes."--Page v.

"The purpose of the FMS Provider manual is to: 1. Explain how providers are enrolled and qualified to provide services; 2. Establish the standards that each provider must meet; 3. Identify acceptable methods to document compliance with the standards; and 4. Describe the review process used to determine the provider's initial and ongoing compliance with these standards."

Presentation giving an overview of the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance programs, both nationally and within Kansas, and discussing some of the various issues involved with these programs.

PowerPoint presentation concerning the need for physicians and the financial aspects of medical education in Kansas, and the University of Kansas Medical Center and Hospital's plans for "educating more doctors for Kansas."

"The following is information provided by the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) in answer to inquiries made by the Joint Committee on Corrections & Juvenile Justice Oversight (JCCJJO) during the October 14, 2014 meeting."

"This report provides baseline data for the health focus areas in Healthiest Wisconsin 2020. It also provides information to document a range of health disparities found for some of the populations and communities in Wisconsin."

Presentation giving an overview of KDHE's analysis of the Affordable Care Act's impact on the Kansas Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs.

Kansas, with feedback from Kansans, decided not to partner with the federal government to create and insurance exchange. Their primary focus has been the successful launch of KanCare.