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A variety of different types of health plans serve Medicaid managed care programs, including for-profit and not-for-profit, Medicaid-focused and commercial, independent and owned by health care providers such as community health centers. In 2007, 350 health plans offered Medicaid coverage.
Kansas’ Medicaid program, called KanCare, has about 500,000 recipients. Thus far, of the 300,000 Kansans who have received renewal applications, more than 22,000 Kansans have lost coverage ...
A WellCare bus in Astoria, Queens, New York City. WellCare began operations in 1985 in Tampa, Florida as a Medicaid provider for the State of Florida. [5] In 1992, Kiran Patel, a cardiologist and entrepreneur, purchased the company. [6] [7] In 2002, Patel sold it to a New York investment group led by George Soros and Todd Farha. [7]
Medicaid expansion, which was made available in the Affordable Care Act, is estimated to extend coverage to more than 150,000 Kansans. The state is one of 10 in the nation that has not yet ...
In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a ...
Centene began offering state-run Medicaid programs through Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2014. [7] In July 2015, Centene announced it would acquire Health Net. [8] [9] [10] In March 2016, it finalized its acquisition [11] In September 2017, it announced that it would acquire Fidelis Care, a nonprofit insurer in New York, for US$3.75 billion ...
Kansas businesses will see a positive change when submitting required filings with the Secretary of State’s office in 2024. During the 2021 Kansas legislative session, my office introduced a ...
As initially passed, the ACA was designed to provide universal health care in the U.S.: those with employer-sponsored health insurance would keep their plans, those with middle-income and lacking employer-sponsored health insurance could purchase subsidized insurance via newly established health insurance marketplaces, and those with low-income would be covered by the expansion of Medicaid.