Health and Social Services

The Health and Social Services Policy Area covers health and social services issues within Kansas.

Health and Social Services Publications

Latest:

• New KanCare Provider Reimbursement (9-15-2022)
• Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waivers (5-20-2022)
• Medicaid Primer (1-10-2022)
• Federal Poverty Threshold and What it Means for Kansas (5-19-2021)
• Tobacco Settlement Update, November 17, 2020 (3-10-2021)
• COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Authority and Confidentiality in Selected States (10-20-2020)
• Summary of Kansas Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Calculation (2-15-2019)
• Medicaid Primer (1-14-2019)
• Coverage of Telehealth Services in Medicaid and Medicare (12-6-2017)
• Telemedicine Laws and Recent Legislation in Nearby States (12-6-2017)
• Telehealth and Telemedicine Definitions (12-6-2017)
• Health Care Stabilization Fund and Kansas Medical Malpractice Law (9-29-2017)
• Massage Therapy (10-13-2016)

Briefing Book Articles:

• Improving the Workforce within the Child Welfare System
• Reimbursement Rates under the Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waivers
• Impact of COVID-19 on Telehealth Advances
• Mental Health Services in Kansas

Other Resources

• Supreme Court Ruling on Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act; History and Arguments on Medicaid Expansion (7-6-2012) PDF
• NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ET AL. v. SEBELIUS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ET AL. (posted 6-28-2012)  PDF
• Kaiser-ACA and Medicaid Expansion (posted 6-27-2012)  PDF
• Kaiser-ACA and the Supreme Court (posted 6-27-2012)  PDF
• American Bar Association website articles:
• Minimum Coverage (posted 6-27-2012)  link
• Anti-Injunction (posted 6-27-2012)  link
• Medicaid (posted 6-27-2012)  link