Kansas’ Medicaid managed care initiative is going well and is on track to achieve its promised $1 billion in savings, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer said this week.

Colyer, a former Hays resident, said the KanCare initiative will slow the projected growth in Medicaid spending by $1 billion over five years by better coordinating the care given to the approximately 380,000 Kansans enrolled in the program.

The state contracted with three private insurance companies in January to administer the KanCare program. Colyer said while some providers have complained about slow payments and an increased administrative burdens, the managed-care initiative was going better than he expected.

-KHI news