By skyforbes 
[The following (re-posted verbatim) was part of a series of Medicaid compliance-based criticisms of the Kancare RFP (2011) submitted during the Federal open comment period]
The KanCare application states that under the 1115 the “..core features of the existing quality strategies for the 1915(c) waivers will be rolled into the KanCare program”. This small passage does not have enough detail to ensure that waiver programs will be managed responsibly by the HMOs. Too much grayness around crucial management pieces like eligibility, access, consumer health and welfare, provider capacity, and capability — means that Kansas won’t be able to ensure the integrity of these programs and consumers and families will be poorly served or not served at all.