"State Becomes First To Outsource Disability Services"

But now Osipik’s family is worried that she is battling the odds again with
KanCare, Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s signature managed health care
program for Medicaid consumers.





Starting Saturday, long-term Medicaid services for Osipik and about 8,500
others with developmental disabilities were moved into a managed care program
run by private insurers. People with physical disabilities had been moved into
KanCare last year when the program started.





Three companies — Amerigroup, Sunflower State Health Plan and
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan — are charged with improving health outcomes
while limiting the growth of health care costs.





Kansas is the first state to place its population of people with
developmental disabilities with managed care companies, said Gary Blumenthal,
president of the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers in
Massachusetts.







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