The Adult and Medical Services Commission (AMS) collaborates with consumers, health care providers and other service providers to ensure the health and well-being of Kansas citizens. The Commission administers Medical Programs and Independent Living programs including Adult Protective Services, Medicaid, MediKan and HealthWave, provide medically necessary services in the form of health insurance funded by the state and federal initiative. Medicaid and HealthWave are federally regulated and partially federally funded. MediKan and Adult Protective Services are state funded. These programs are overseen by Ann Koci, commissioner of Adult and Medical Services.
Health Services: Medicaid is a federal/state matching-funds program providing preventive, primary, and acute health services that improve the quality of life of low-income individuals, children and families in a cost-effective manner.
| average beneficiaries served/month actual expenditures SFY 1998 state general funds SRS fee fund |
177,569 |
Note: Actual expenditures reflect SFY 1998 expenditures, budgeted in Regular Medical Assistance. Drug rebates, $17.0 million deposited in the SRS Fee Fund, are not deducted from these expenditures.
Expanded services may also be provided for children under the age of 21 through the Kan Be Healthy program which provides early periodic screening, diagnosis and testing (EDPST) for this population.
Managed Care:Managed Care programs are available statewide. Through this insurance plan, beneficiaries choose a primary care provider (PCP) who manages their health care by providing services or referring the beneficiary to medical specialists for health care.
AMS administers the HealthConnect Kansas program and also contracts with private Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO) to ensure that eligible Kansas citizens have a choice of health care providers.
| HealthConnect October beneficiaries | 58,588 | ||
| HMO contracts October beneficiaries | 25,683 |
HealthWave: On January 1, 1999, the HealthWave program was implemented. HealthWave provides health insurance for uninsured children. This program is funded through a combination of state and federal funds Title XXI of the Social Security Act.
| Title XXI estimated eligibles annual expenditures |
60,000 SFY 1999 SFY 2000 |
$7,734,474 $38,619,660 |
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| state general fund |
SFY 1999 SFY 2000 |
$2,181,122 $10,890,744 |
Independent Living Program: The commission administers grants to Centers for Independent Living under Title VII of the rehabilitation Act. The Centers for Independent Living provide services to assist individuals to remain in their homes.
The commission also manages programs in independent living which offer an array of services for individuals requiring assistance with personal, nursing/medical and social needs. These services allow individuals to remain in their own home as an alternative to costly institutional care. The major components of independent living programs are:
The following chart reflects the average monthly number of consumers and
total expenditures, for state fiscal year 1998, in the independent living
programs.
Program |
average monthly consumers |
total expenditures |
state general funds |
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| HCBS-Physical Disabilities | 1,941 | $24,667,137 | $9,967,969 | |||
| HCBS-Head Injured | 78 | $3,543,250 | $1,429,541 | |||
| HCBS-Tech.Asst. Children | 25 | $110,000 | $44,000 | |||
| Adult Protective Services | n/a | $263,942 | $158,948 |
Note: FY 98 expenditures listed here exclude Adult Protective Services staff. Full year costs for the Adult Protective Services program is $2.2 Million, of which $1.2 million is SSBG.
Date last updated: 2/1/1999
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