Becker's Healthcare May 15, 2024
Rylee Wilson

Kansas awarded Medicaid contracts managing care for 458,000 individuals to Centene, UnitedHealthcare and Healthy Blue.

Incumbents Centene and UnitedHealthcare were awarded renewed contracts, which run from 2025 to 2027, according to a May 14 news release from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Healthy Blue, a newly formed collaboration between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, BCBS Kansas City and Elevance Health, was awarded its first contract.

Aetna, which currently holds a Medicaid managed care contract in the state, was not awarded...

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