Kansas Senate health committee adopts rules; hears report recommending steps to separate Medicaid case management

The Kansas Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare adopted its rules for the year by voice vote and heard a presentation of recommendations from the Special Committee on Targeted Case Management, which urged a statewide survey of waiver participants, a KDADS response to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services guidance, and legislative review of provider capacity and reimbursement.

Dayton Lamonyan, senior fiscal analyst with the Kansas Legislative Research Department and facilitator for the special committee, told members that “targeted case management is a Medicaid state plan service that helps coordinate services for individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities.” He said much of the committee’s recommendations “revolve around a plan to separate the case management services from the actual provision of services,” and that KDADS reported it had received instruction from CMS…