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Committee hears list of recent legislative additions and revised KanCare caseloads
Summary
KLRD and KDHE staff reviewed legislative rate increases, nursing facility rebases, CCBHC conversion funding and updated caseload estimates that together raise Medicaid spending pressures.
Megan Leopold of the Kansas Legislative Research Department reviewed a multi-year list of legislative additions to Medicaid funding the committee had received in its packet and explained how those additions contributed to recent expenditure growth.
Leopold detailed additions by legislative session: examples cited included provider rate increases and rebases for nursing facilities, funding to convert community mental health centers to certified community behavioral health clinics (CCBHCs), and increases in provider assessment authority. She told…
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