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Current Alerts & Bulletins
2025 KMAP Alerts, Bulletins and Notices
Clicking on these links will direct you to the Kansas Medical Assistance Program (KMAP) website.
- 12.02.2025 - 2026 Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups Weights and Rates
- 12.02.2025 - Pharmaceutical Prior Authorization Updates – October 2025
- 12.02.2025 - Brand Product Exemption Updates
- 12.02.2025 - Rate Changes for Physician Administered Drugs – January 2026
- 12.02.2025 - NCCI/MUE Editing – January 2026
- 12.02.2025 - REMINDER: Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5)
- 12.02.2025 - High Dollar Rare Disease Drug List Q4 2025 Update
- 11.18.2025 - KanCare All MCO 4th Quarter 2025 Virtual Training Sessions
- 11.18.2025 - Pharmaceutical Prior Authorization – September 2025 Updates
- 11.18.2025 - Doulas Coverage – Allowable Place of Service Clarification
- 11.18.2025 - Preferred Drug List Update – November 2025
- 11.18.2025 - Coverage of Clesrovrimab (Enflonsia
- 10.28.2025 - Discontinuation of Separate Handling Fee Reimbursement for High Dollar Rare Disease Drugs
- 10.28.2025 - Fiscal Year 2026 Hospice Reimbursement Rates
- 10.28.2025 - PACE Rates – July 2025
- 10.28.2025 - WIC Formula Shipments
- 10.28.2025 - Revision NCCI/PTP OPH/PRA Editing – October 2025
- 10.13.2025 - Preferred Drug List Update – Mid-October 2025
- 10.13.2025 - Preferred Drug List Update – October 2025
- 10.13.2025 - No Medicaid Coverage for Gender Affirming Care
- 10.13.2025 - No Medicaid Coverage for Surgical/Pharmacologic (Hormonal) Gender Affirming Care – Adults (21 and Older)
- 10.13.2025 - No Medicaid Coverage for Gender Transition Surgical Care – 0-20 Years
- 10.07.2025 - HCPCS Codes Updates – October 2025
- 10.07.2025 - Coverage of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccines – Age Expansion
- 10.07.2025 - REMINDER: HCBS Ordering Provider EVV Clarification
- 10.07.2025 - Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5)
- 09.26.2025 - Updated – Managed Care Rule Provider Enrollment
- 09.26.2025 - FY 2026 Updates to the Medicare Guidelines for Unacceptable Principal Diagnosis Codes
- 09.18.2025 - Updated – Electronic Visit Verification Compliance Requirements
- 09.18.2025 - Rate Changes for Physician Administered Drugs – October 2025
- 09.18.2025 - Post Implementation – CHG0035306
- 09.04.2025 - UPDATED – Adolescent SUD Residential Treatment Rate Increase
- 09.04.2025 - Updated Guidance for Wheelchairs and Accessories
- 09.04.2025 - Reminder – Coming Soon: KMMS Stage 2.2 Go-Live
- 09.04.2025 - New KMAP Portals and KMMS System Now Live
- 09.04.2025 - Annual DMEPOS Preventive Maintenance
- 09.04.2025 - NCCI/MUE Editing – October 2025
- 09.04.2025 - HCBS Ordering Provider EVV Clarification
- 08.21.2025 - Pharmaceutical Prior Authorization – August 2025 Updates
- 08.21.2025 - KMMS Go-Live Activity Timeline for KanCare MCOs
- 08.21.2025 - PES Rolloff Town Hall Meetings
- 08.14.2025 - Schedule II Drug Prescription Fills Limitations Update
- 08.14.2025 - Coming Soon: KMMS Stage 2.2 Go-Live
- 08.14.2025 - UPDATED KanCare Paper Claims and MCO Checks
- 08.14.2025 - Medicaid as Primary Payor of Exempt Formulas
- 08.14.2025 - Preferred Drug List Update – August 2025
- 08.05.2025 - KanCare All MCO 3rd Quarter 2025 Virtual Training Sessions HCBS
- 08.05.2025 - Implementation of Virtual Delivery of Services Across All HCBS Waivers
- 08.05.2025 - Medical Team Conference as Content of Service – CCBHCs
- 08.05.2025 - New Consent for Sterilization Forms
- 08.05.2025 - Updated EPSDT Medical Necessity Form
- 07.23.2025 - Update Criteria for Speech Generating Devices
- 07.23.2025 - Rate Changes for Physician Administered Drugs – July 2025
- 07.23.2025 - HCBS Assistive Services: Home & Environmental Modification Services, Vehicle Modification Services, Specialized Medical Equipment and Supplies Policy
- 07.23.2025 - Electronic Visit Verification Federated Authentication Live on July 23, 2025
- 07.23.2025 - Coverage of Cognitive Assessment and Care Plan Service
- 07.23.2025 - HCBS Physical Disability Waiver Eligibility Policy
- 07.23.2025 - Updated – HCBS Rate Increase for Fiscal Year 2026
- 07.11.2025 - Children’s Integrated Community Supports – HCBS I/DD Waiver – Billing Codes and Rate Updates
- 07.11.2025 - Fiscal Year 2026 Dental Rate Increase
- 07.11.2025 - HCPCS Codes Update – July 2025
- 07.11.2025 - Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Treatment Programs – CFR 2024
- 07.11.2025 - Telemedicine Allowances for Out-of-State Physicians
- 07.07.2025 - Provider Directory Updates
- 07.07.2025 - Temporary Bridge Payment Policy for HCBS I/DD Day and Residential Services
- 07.07.2025 - HCBS Personal Care Services in Acute Care Hospital Settings
- 07.07.2025 - Pediatrician Rate Increase for Office Visit Codes
- 07.07.2025 - Post Implementation – CHG0071075
- 07.07.2025 - Rate Increase for Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- 07.07.2025 - Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- 06.25.2025 - Labor Repair Rates for DME and POS
- 06.25.2025 - Pharmaceutical Prior Authorization – June 2025 Updates
- 06.25.2025 - RESCINDED - Annual DME Rate Adjustment and Medicare Fee Schedule Update FY2026
- 06.17.2025 - HCBS Rate Increase for Fiscal Year 2026
- 06.17.2025 - Adolescent SUD Residential Treatment Rate Increase
- 06.17.2025 - Preferred Drug List Update – June 2025
- 06.17.2025 - Interchangeable Biosimilar Products
- 06.17.2025 - Rate Increase for G0330 for Outpatient (PT/PS 01/010)
- 06.17.2025 - EVV June Town Hall Meeting
- 06.05.2025 - NCCI/MUE Editing – July 2025
- 05.27.2025 - Senate Bill No. 63
- 05.27.2025 - Pharmaceutical Prior Authorization Updates
- 05.27.2025 - Non-Waiver Mental Health Attendant Care (STC Authority) T1019HE – Activity Code List
- 05.27.2025 - UPDATED KanCare Paper Claims and MCO Checks
- 05.19.2025 - Treatment Plan Review Date Extension for CMHCs and CCBHCs
- 05.19.2025 - Medicaid as Primary Payor of Exempt Formulas
- 05.19.2025 - Vision Services – “New Patient” Coding Guidelines
- 05.19.2025 - MediKan Ambulance Transport Coverage
- 05.14.2025 - Wellness Monitoring in Congregate Settings – Exempt from EVV Requirement
- 05.14.2025 - Coverage of Code 97760
- 05.14.2025 - EVV HCBS Activity Code Cleanup
- 05.14.2025 - Coverage of mRNA RSV Vaccine mResvia
- 05.14.2025 - Update to Cognitive Therapy Code Change on the BI Waiver
- 05.14.2025 - CMS PERM Review Process Completed
- 05.06.2025 - Coding Change for Specialized Medical Care on IDD Waiver
- 05.06.2025 - UPDATED: Implementation of InterRAI Based Care/Service Planning Instrument for HCBS Programs
- 05.02.2025 - KanCare All MCO 2nd Quarter 2025 Virtual Training Sessions
- 05.02.2025 - Updated – Expanding Peer Support Providers
- 05.02.2025 - Third-Party Liability – Discontinue Pay and Chase for Prenatal Services
- 05.02.2025 - YJUVEK BILLING GUIDANCE
- 05.02.2025 - HCBS Background Check Policy
- 05.02.2025 - Pharmacist as Provider – EOAs and MTM
- 04.23.2025 - HCPCS Codes Update – April 2025
- 04.23.2025 - MCOs Retroactive Eligibility Procedures
- 04.23.2025 - Pharmaceutical Prior Authorization Updates – April 2025
- 04.23.2025 - Sleep Study Reimbursement Rates Clarification
- 04.23.2025 - Updated – NCCI/MUE Editing – April 2025
- 04.15.2025 - Partial Hospitalization Psychiatric Care/Intensive Outpatient Treatment: Eating Disorder Care – Enrollment and Coverage
- 04.15.2025 - CCBHC PPS Codes List Telehealth Clarifications and Code Updates
- 04.15.2025 - Coverage for 92622 and 92623 When Billed with an AB Modifier
- 04.15.2025 - Continuance of Blended ER Facility Rates
- 04.15.2025 - LCMFT/LCPC as Allowable Providers in RHCs/FQHCs
- 04.15.2025 - Preferred Drug List Update April 2025
- 04.04.2025 - Coverage for Drug Eluted Stents
- 04.04.2025 - Updated KanCare In Lieu of Services List
- 04.04.2025 - Healthy Blue Transitions of Care and Authorizations Extended through May 31, 2025
- 03.21.2025 - Pregnancy Related Services Previous MCO to Current MCO
- 03.21.2025 - High Dose Influenza Vaccine Coverage For 18 to 64-Year-Old Individuals
- 03.21.2025 - Preferred Drug List Update March 2025
- 03.21.2025 - Pharmaceutical Prior Authorization March 2025 Updates
- 03.21.2025 - UPDATED – Reminder of Guidance on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Requirements
- 03.21.2025 - Billing Guidelines and Required Documentation for Visit Complexity Add-on Code G2211
- 03.10.2025 - Reminder: Medicaid Payor of Last Resort
- 03.10.2025 - EVV March Town Hall Meeting
- 03.10.2025 - New DRG Grouper for April 2025
- 03.10.2025 - KanCare All MCO 1st Quarter 2025 Virtual Training Sessions Home Health
- 03.04.2025 - Updated – Crisis Intervention Services Coverage
- 03.04.2025 - HCBS Adverse Incident Reporting and Management
- 03.04.2025 - Kan Be Healthy (KBH) Allowed Provider Psychiatric APRN (09/096)
- 03.04.2025 - Rate Changes for Physician Administered Drugs – April 2025
- 03.04.2025 - Stand-Alone Vaccine Counseling and Pharmacists
- 03.04.2025 - Developmental Testing Codes
- 03.04.2025 - NCCI/MUE Editing – April 2025
- 03.04.2025 - Coverage for Add-on Code 99459 Pelvic Examination
- 02.17.2025 - Claims Billing Process for ABH Members with Inpatient Hospital Admissions Prior to
December 31, 2024 and Discharge after January 1, 2025 - 02.17.2025 - EVV February Town Hall Meeting
- 02.17.2025 - DRG Weights and Rates for January 2025 – Update
- 02.17.2025 - Collaborative Care Model
- 02.17.2025 - Updated – NCCI/MUE Editing – January 2025
- 02.17.2025 - KanCare All MCO 1st Quarter 2025 Virtual Training Sessions – Behavioral Health Non-CMHC/CCBHC
- 02.17.2025 - Codes E0561 and E0562 are Covered for Rental and Purchase
- 02.06.2025 - Pharmaceutical Prior Authorization Updates
- 02.06.2025 - Out-of-State (OOS) Provider Enrollment – Updates
- 02.06.2025 - JG and TB Claim Modifiers Update – 340B Drug Pricing Program Changes
- 02.06.2025 - Pharmaceuticals with DME Billing Allowance Updates
- 02.06.2025 - Pharmaceuticals with DME Billing Allowance – Vyjuvek® and Zolgensma®
- 02.06.2025 - Opticians Allowed to Enroll as a Facility
- 01.24.2025 - Pharmaceutical Prior Authorization Updates
- 01.24.2025 - Updates to Credentialing Requirements Required Documents
- 01.21.2025 - Updated Implementation of InterRAI-Based Care/Service Planning Instrument for HCBS Programs
- 01.21.2025 - Swing Bed Rate for 2025
- 01.21.2025 - EVV January Town Hall Meeting
- 01.21.2025 - UPDATED EVV Claims Processing Guidance
- 01.21.2025 - HCPCS Code Update – January 2025
- 01.21.2025 - Continuity of Care and Authorizations for January 1, 2025
- 01.21.2025 - UPDATED Medicare Part D Copayment Assistance for Calendar Year 2025
- 01.14.2025 - Updated KanCare Paper Claims and MCO Checks
- 01.14.2025 - Updated Electronic Visit Verification for In Lieu of Services
- 01.14.2025 - Updated Reminder of Guidance on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Requirements
- 01.14.2025 - Updated Implementation of InterRAI Based Care/Service Planning Instrument for HCBS Programs
- 01.14.2025 - Updated Electronic Visit Verification for Frail Elderly Services
- 01.08.2025 - EVV Town Hall Meetings
- 01.08.2025 - 2025 HCBS Provider Qualifications Audit
- 01.08.2025 - Annual Attestation Requirement
- 01.08.2025 - 2025 MS-DRG Weights and Rates
2024 KMAP Alerts, Bulletins and Notices
Clicking on these links will direct you to the Kansas Medical Assistance Program (KMAP) website.
- 12.31.2024 - Medicaid Assisted Treatment Rate Update - January 2025
- 12.19.2024 - Applications of Topical Fluoride Benefit Limits
- 12.19.2024 - Provider Application Fee Change - 2025
- 12.17.2024 - CCBHC Specialty Designation for Demonstration Grant Implementation
- 12.17.2024 - Anesthesia Conversion Factor for Calendar Year 2025
- 12.17.2024 - Medicare Part D Copayment Assistance for Calendar Year 2025
- 12.17.2024 - Coverage of MenACW-TT (Menquadfi) Vaccine for Adults
- 12.17.2024 - Allowance for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services Update
- 12.10.2024 - Comprehensive Guidance for Specialized Wheelchair Seating Assessments
- 12.10.2024 - Rate Changes for Physician Administered Drugs – January 2025
- 12.10.2024 - REMINDER - OneCare Kansas Program Unwinding
- 12.05.2024 - Individual within a Group Provider Enrollment
- 12.05.2024 - Diagnosis Restrictions Do Not Apply to DME Repair Code K0739
- 12.05.2024 - EVV Claims Processing Guidance
- 12.05.2024 - NCCI/MUE Editing – January 2025
- 12.05.2024 - Implementation of Inter RAI-Based Care/Service Planning Instrument for HCBS Programs
- 12.05.2024 - MS-DRG Update for January 2025
- 12.02.2024 - Coverage of Additional Sleep Study Diagnoses for Children
- 12.02.2024 - EVV Town Hall Meetings
- 12.02.2024 - UPDATED - High Dollar Rare Disease Drug List Q3 2024 Update
- 11.25.2024 - Code A9276 May be Dispensed 30 Units per 30 Days
- 11.25.2024 - Fiscal Year 2025 Hospice Reimbursement Rates
- 11.25.2024 - Preferred Drug List Update
- 11.05.2024 - MAT Injectable Products Coverage Update
- 10.30.2024 - EVV Claims Processing Guidance
- 10.30.2024 - Healthy Blue Option for Provider Enrollment
- 10.30.2024 - New Provider Specialty for Sedation Dental
- 10.22.2024 - Coverage of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine PCV21 (Capvaxive)
- 10.22.2024 - HCPCS Changes – October 2024
- 10.16.2024 - High Dollar Rare Disease Drug List Q3 2024 Update
- 10.16.2024 - Pharmaceutical Prior Authorization Updates
- 10.16.2024 - REMINDER – Provider Review of PDMP Annual Attestation Requirement - ONLINE Submission Only
- 10.16.2024 - 2025 Updates to the Medicare Guidelines for Unacceptable Principal Diagnosis Codes
- 10.07.2024 - Children’s Integrated Community Supports
- 10.07.2024 - EVV Town Hall: You’re invited to learn more about EVV claims processing
- 10.07.2024 - KanCare All MCO 4th Quarter 2024 Virtual Training Sessions
- 09.25.2024 - Preferred Drug List and Prior Authorization Updates
- 09.25.2024 - Registered Nurse Education Visits for Elevated Blood Lead Levels
- 09.25.2024 - Crisis Intervention Services Coverage
- 09.25.2024 - Certified Nurse Midwife Reimbursement Increase
- 09.25.2024 - Lead Hazard Risk Assessments – Local Health Departments Enrollment and Coverage
- 09.25.2024 - UPDATED - HCBS Quality Assurance Policy
- 09.25.2024 - Coverage of FDA-Authorized Imported Drugs During Shortages of FDA-Approved Drugs
- 09.25.2024 - KanCare All MCO 4th Quarter 2024 Virtual Training Sessions
- 09.12.2024 - State Institutional Alternative and Psychiatric Observation
- 09.12.2024 - OneCare Kansas Program Unwinding
- 09.12.2024 - KMAP Paper Check Separate Mailing
- 09.04.2024 - Expansion of Providers for CBST, Mental Health Assessment, and Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation
- 09.04.2024 - EVV Town Hall: You’re invited to learn more about EVV claims processing
- 09.04.2024 - NCCI/MUE Editing - October 2024
- 09.04.2024 - Coverage of Preventative Dental for Ages 21 and Older
- 09.04.2024 - Rate Changes for Physician Administered Drugs – October 2024
- 08.22.2024 - HCBS Adverse Incident Reporting and Management
- 08.22.2024 - HCBS Quality Assurance Policy
- 08.22.2024 - HCBS Transition Policy
- 08.16.2024 - CCBHC PPS Code Clarification for E&M Services
- 08.16.2024 - Coverage of Stand-Alone Counseling – LEA, ECI, and Podiatrist
- 08.16.2024 - Expansion of Mobile Crisis Intervention Services - Mobile Crisis Response
- 08.16.2024 - Unbundling Assistive Services for HCBS Waivers
- 08.16.2024 - Updated KanCare In Lieu of Services List
- 08.16.2024 - 2024 Medicaid Outpatient Rate Increase
- 08.16.2024 - 2024 Physician Rate Increase
- 08.12.2024 - Children’s Behavioral Interventionist Program
- 08.12.2024 - Vaccine Administration for VFC Vaccines
- 08.07.2024 - CMS PERM Program Review Process Reminder
- 08.07.2024 - Discontinue Applying Modifier TC to Base Code Billed by Hospitals
- 08.07.2024 - Reimbursement for Approved Dispense as Written (DAW) Pharmacy Claims
- 08.07.2024 - EVV Town Hall: You’re invited to learn more about EVV claims processing
- 07.30.2024 - Expansion of Providers for Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment
- 07.30.2024 - Allowance of POS 10 for T1017 use by ECI Providers
- 07.30.2024 - New Benefit Plan for Medically Needy Long Term Care Members
- 07.30.2024 - Updated Criteria Guidance for Coverage of Insulin Infusion Pumps and Supplies
- 07.23.2024 - Expansion of Providers for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR)
- 07.23.2024 - UPDATED - KBH Provider Payment Increase - Select Providers and Codes
- 07.17.2024 - Coverage of Attended and Unattended Sleep Studies
- 07.17.2024 - HCPCS Changes – July 2024
- 07.17.2024 - UPDATED - Place of Service Codes for Use in AuthentiCare
- 07.09.2024 - Append Modifier U1 to S0315, FE Telemonitoring Installation
- 07.09.2024 - Coverage of Individualized Custom Bath/Shower Chairs
- 07.09.2024 - KanCare All MCO HCBS 2024 Virtual Training Sessions
- 07.09.2024 - Rate Increase for Family Training and Counseling Services
- 07.01.2024 - Hospice Room and Board Reimbursed at 100 percent of Nursing Facility Rate
- 07.01.2024 - Upcoming EVV Town Hall MeetingsUpcoming EVV Town Hall Meetings
- 06.27.2024 - Autism Codes - CCTS/IIS Coverage
- 06.27.2024 - Coverage of CPAP and BiPAP
- 06.27.2024 - HCBS Settings Ongoing Monitoring and Compliance
- 06.27.2024 - KBH-EPSDT Blood Lead Screening Questionnaire Form
- 06.19.2024 - Annual Durable Medical Equipment Rate Adjustment and Medicare Fee Schedule Update – Fiscal Year 2025
- 06.19.2024 - HCBS Rate Changes for Fiscal Year 2025
- 06.19.2024 - KBH Provider Payment Increase - Select Providers and Codes
- 06.19.2024 - Place of Service Codes for Use in AuthentiCare
- 06.19.2024 - Preferred Drug List Update
- 06.19.2024 - Prior Authorization Updates
- 06.19.2024 - Supportive Housing Services: Operation Community Integration Behavioral Health Programming Provider Expansion
- 06.19.2024 - WARNING: Potential Fraud Alert Reminder - Solicitation by Medical Equipment Suppliers
- 06.19.2024 - Wheelchair Cushion Coverage
- 06.13.2024 - Community Health Worker Services Rate Increase
- 06.13.2024 - Global Pregnancy Services Rate Increase
- 06.13.2024 - KDHE Announces KanCare Managed Care Organizations Contracts
- 06.13.2024 - Immunization Administration by Pharmacy Providers
- 06.13.2024 - Updated Criteria Guidance for Coverage of Insulin Infusion Pumps and Supplies
- 06.05.2024 - CCBHC Specialty Designation for PPS – Service Code Additions - Supported Housing
- 06.05.2024 - NCCI/MUE Editing – July 2024
- 06.05.2024 - Rate Changes for Physician Administered Drugs – July 2024
- 05.29.2024 - Coming Soon: KMMS Stage 2.1 Go-Live
- 05.29.2024 - Coverage of Diabetes Devices, Accessories, and Supplies Update
- 05.29.2024 - Doulas Enrollment and Coverage
- 05.29.2024 - New KMAP Portals and KMMS System Now Live
- 05.29.2024 - Ordering or Referring NPI – Enrollment Type Requirements
- 05.29.2024 - Pentavalent Meningococcal Penbraya Vaccine Coverage
- 05.29.2024 - UPDATED - Anesthesia Modifier Coverage
- 04.29.2024 - Electronic Visit Verification Compliance Requirements
- 04.29.2024 - Electronic Visit Verification for the STEPS Program
- 04.29.2024 - HCPCS Changes – April 2024
- 04.29.2024 - Revised Anesthesia Conversion Factors for Calendar Year 2024
- 04.29.2024 - UPDATED - Reminder of Guidance on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Requirements
- 04.22.2024 - Code B9998 to be Manually Priced
- 04.22.2024 - Immunization Administration by Pharmacy Providers
- 04.22.2024 - Preferred Drug List Update
- 04.22.2024 - KanCare All MCO 2nd Quarter 2024 Virtual Training Sessions
- 04.03.2024 - Documentation for Dressings and Supplies
- 03.25.2024 - E/M Modifier 25 Use with KBH Vision Code 99173
- 03.25.2024 - Preferred Drug List Update
- 03.25.2024 - UPDATED - Rate Changes for Physician Administered Drugs – April 2024
- 03.22.2024 - Updated ADA Dental Claim Form Guidance
- 03.22.2024 - Prior Authorization Updates
- 03.22.2024 - Rate Changes for Physician Administered Drugs – April 2024
- 03.22.2024 - PD Waiver – PCS in Congregate Settings
- 03.13.2024 - Change Healthcare Outage Continues
- 03.13.2024 - 2024 AuthentiCare Training Sessions
- 03.07.2024 - PRTF Clinical Requirements
- 03.07.2024 - Residential Services IDD Married Couples
- 03.06.2024 - Coverage Change for Injectable Triamcinolone Acetonide
- 03.06.2024 - HCBS PCS in Congregate Settings Exempt from EVV Requirement
- 03.06.2024 - MS-DRG Update for April 2024
- 03.06.2024 - NCCI/MUE Editing - April 2024
- 03.06.2024 - UPDATED - Reminder of Guidance on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Requirements
- 02.28.2024 - ADAPD Claims Processing Point of Contact
- 02.28.2024 - Adjunctive Subcutaneous Continuous Glucose Monitors
- 02.28.2024 - EVV Town Hall: Update and Open Forum
- 02.27.2024 - All MCO 1st Quarter Virtual Training - Home Health
- 02.26.2024 - UPDATED - Change Healthcare Outage
- 02.26.2024 - UPDATED - Reminder of Guidance on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Requirements
- 02.26.2024 - Change Healthcare Outage
- 02.26.2024 - Deactivation of MUE Editing for BI Waiver Codes 97535 and 97537
- 02.26.2024 - Preferred Drug List Update
- 02.19.2024 - EVV Town Hall Update and Open Forum
- 02.19.2024 - KanCare All MCO 1st Quarter 2024 Virtual Training Sessions
- 02.19.2024 - Update to Cognitive Therapy Code Change on the BI Waiver
- 02.01.2024 - Specialized Wheelchair Seating Assessment Centers Criteria and Application
- 01.25.2024 - HCPCS Changes – January 2024
- 01.25.2024 - Home Administration Code M0201 Reimbursement
- 01.25.2024 - MediKan Claim Clarification - CCBHCs
- 01.25.2024 - Preferred Drug List Update
- 01.25.2024 - Stay Enrolled as a KanCare Provider –Don’t Forget to Revalidate
- 01.25.2024 - TA Home Modification Limit Increase
- 01.19.2024 - Extension for Re-designation of Indian Health Centers as Tribal Facilities as Federally Qualified Health Centers (TFQHCs)
- 01.19.2024 - High Dollar Rare Disease Drug List February 2024 - Updated
- 01.16.2024 - High Dollar Rare Disease Drug List February 2024
- 01.16.2024 - Provider Specialty Updates for CCBHC
- 01.11.2024 - Private Rooms in Nursing Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities
- 01.08.2024 - Cognitive Therapy Code Changes for the Brain Injury Waiver
- 01.08.2024 - Electronic Visit Verification for In Lieu of Services
- 01.08.2024 - EVV Town Hall: Update and Open Forum
- 01.08.2024 - POA Indicators on Swing Bed Nursing Facility Claims
- 01.08.2024 - Prior Authorization Updates
- 01.08.2024 - Testing/Scoring Service Codes for CMHCs
- 01.04.2024 - Adding New Provider Types and Specialties to PET Scans
- 01.04.2024 - Clarification of Allergy Immunotherapy Billing
- 01.04.2024 - Drug Shortage Protocol
- 01.04.2024 - Updates to the HCBS Provider Qualifications Audit Process
- 01.02.2024 - Adding AuthentiCare Coverage for EPSDT Services
- 01.02.2024 - REMINDER: Community Health Worker Services - RHC/FQHC/IHC Providers
- 01.02.2024 - Management of Self-monitoring Blood Pressure (SMBP) Treatment Plans
- 01.02.2024 - Home Delivered Meals Services Update
- 01.02.2024 - Rate Changes for Physician Administered Drugs - January 2024
- 01.02.2024 - Reminder of Guidance on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Requirements
- 01.02.2024 - COVID-19 Test Kit Coverage Update - MCOs
2023 KMAP Alerts, Bulletins and Notices
Clicking on these links will direct you to the Kansas Medical Assistance Program (KMAP) website.
- 12.20.2023 - 2024 MS-DRG Weights and Rates
- 12.20.2023 - Coverage of Bath and Toilet Aids
- 12.20.2023 - Medicare Part D Copayment Assistance for 2024
- 12.19.2023 - Incontinence Supplies in Quantities to Meet Members’ Needs
- 12.19.2023 - Medication Assisted Treatment Rate Update – January 2024
- 12.19.2023 - MS-DRG Update for January 2024
- 12.19.2023 - Subcutaneous Continuous Glucose Monitors
- 12.19.2023 - UPDATED - Mental Health Medication Emergency Supply
- 12.15.2023 - Radiology Rate Leveling
- 12.11.2023 - Coverage for RSV Vaccines for Ages 60 and Older
- 12.11.2023 - Coverage for RSV Vaccines for Pregnant Women
- 12.11.2023 - EVV Town Hall: Update on Go-Live and Open Forum
- 12.11.2023 - Preferred Drug List and Prior Authorization Updates
- 12.11.2023 - Sequestration Reduction – Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics
- 12.11.2023 - Swing Bed Rate for 2024
- 12.05.2023 - NCCI/MUE Editing - January 2024
- 12.05.2023 - Non-Waiver Mental Health Attendant Care Service Code – EVV Implementation Resuming
- 12.05.2023 - UPDATED High Dollar Rare Disease Drug List Q3 2023