CMS notified state officials it would decrease oversight of Kansas’ efforts to resolve thousands of applications for its privatized Medicaid program. The program, KanCare, had a backlog of more than 7,000 applications pending for more than the allotted 45 days in early 2016. CMS began requiring state officials to submit bi-weekly reports on the issue thereafter.
As of May 7, the backlog had more than 900 KanCare applications pending for more than 45 days, the report states. Julie Brookhart, a spokesperson for CMS’ Kansas City regional office, said CMS will still require the department to provide updates on its KanCare eligibility processing.
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