Expert guides about medicaid in Kansas from Brevy Care.
A missed renewal can end your KanCare coverage even if you still qualify.
If your Kansas Medicaid was denied, cut, or terminated, you have the right to appeal and request a fair hearing, and you can often keep your benefits while the appeal is decided.
The Frail Elderly waiver and the Physical Disability waiver are the two Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waivers Kansas Medicaid uses to pay for care at home instead of a nursing facility.
In a Kansas nursing home on Medicaid, you keep $62 a month as a Personal Needs Allowance for your own spending.
Kansas Medicaid pays for long-term care through KanCare, with a $2,000 asset limit and a Medically Needy route for income above the 300% standard.
Kansas Medicaid spousal impoverishment rules protect the at-home spouse when one partner needs nursing home or long-term care through KanCare.
If Medicare's monthly premium is straining a fixed income, Kansas Medicare Savings Programs can wipe it out.
After a Kansas Medicaid recipient dies, the state can ask the estate to repay what it spent on that person's long-term care.
To apply for Kansas Medicaid, apply online through the Medical Consumer Self-Service portal linked from kancare.ks.gov, or call the KanCare Clearinghouse at 1-800-792-4884 to request an application.
Kansas Medicaid pays for nursing home care once a resident meets the rules, covering the long-term custodial care Medicare stops paying for after a short rehab stay.
Plenty of families assume a parent's monthly retirement check is "too high" for nursing-home Medicaid in Kansas. It usually isn't. Kansas Medicaid sets no fixed dollar cap on nursing-home coverage.