Said Kansas to the U.S. DHHS OIG |
Kansas does not have to give back a red cent and neither do any of the other States busted by the HHS OIG for child welfare fraud.
Besides, Kansas used the money for political campaigns, personal inurement and to pay off some dividends to its investors of the state's social impact bonds.
$17 Million Reasons How Kansas Pays Child Welfare Social Impact Bonds
In the spirit of fuchsia...
Kansas took millions it shouldn’t have, federal probe says. But will it give it back?
Kansas took nearly $18 million in federal funds that it shouldn’t have, a federal government watchdog says. It wants the state to give the money back.
There has yet to be a HHS Decisions Appeal Board ruling on this, which means the federal government has not even commenced the process.
There has yet to be a HHS Decisions Appeal Board ruling on this, which means the federal government has not even commenced the process.
Kansas rejects the findings.
This rejection takes the challenge to the next administrative level and which will not see the light of day in a civil nor criminal court of law and can go on for years.
This rejection takes the challenge to the next administrative level and which will not see the light of day in a civil nor criminal court of law and can go on for years.
“We don’t believe we did anything wrong,” said Angela de Rocha, a spokeswoman for KanCare, the state’s Medicaid program.
Of course they did nothing wrong because Kansas has been submitting false claims to the federal government for years where the state has constructed and incorporated administrative policies absolving itself from any misdeeds of false claims as it kicks the can down the proverbial road to the privatized entity, KVC and KanCare.
Of course they did nothing wrong because Kansas has been submitting false claims to the federal government for years where the state has constructed and incorporated administrative policies absolving itself from any misdeeds of false claims as it kicks the can down the proverbial road to the privatized entity, KVC and KanCare.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General alleges Kansas incorrectly counted some children in seeking bonus payments to offset the cost of children enrolled in Medicaid, a federal program run by states that provides health care to the uninsured. That led to more bonus payments than Kansas should have received.
Kansas did not incorrectly count some children in seeking bonus payments to offset the cost of children enrolled in Medicaid because these 'miscounted' children will eventually end up in the state's foster care system just because the economic policies were intentionally designed to 'target' these populations.
Even if some of these children are missing, there is nothing written in stone that the state has to cease submitting cost reimbursements.
Kansas did not incorrectly count some children in seeking bonus payments to offset the cost of children enrolled in Medicaid because these 'miscounted' children will eventually end up in the state's foster care system just because the economic policies were intentionally designed to 'target' these populations.
Even if some of these children are missing, there is nothing written in stone that the state has to cease submitting cost reimbursements.
A November report by the Office of Inspector General recommends Kansas refund $17,796,598.
The Office of Inspector General audited bonus payments from 2009 through 2013. The nearly $18 million represents almost half of the bonus payments Kansas received during that time, which totaled $36.6 million.
Some of this federal funding was used to pay its state Financial Participation Rates, which is illegal, but HHS OIG will not do a damn thing about it, and everyone knows this.
Some of this federal funding was used to pay its state Financial Participation Rates, which is illegal, but HHS OIG will not do a damn thing about it, and everyone knows this.
The dispute between Kansas and the Office of Inspector General centers on the way the state calculated the number of children enrolled in Medicaid – specifically the Children’s Health Insurance Program – for the purposes of the bonus payments. The report says Kansas overstated its enrollment.
Kansas maintains it followed guidance given by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on how to make the calculations. But the OIG says CMS correctly explained how the calculations should be made.
CMS did properly calculate the overstated enrollment but nothing is going to be done about it because it would interfere with economic development of KVC funding political campaigns and acquistion of land.
Yes, the state revenue generated from these transgressions are used to acquire land in KVC investments and its individual associates.
CMS did properly calculate the overstated enrollment but nothing is going to be done about it because it would interfere with economic development of KVC funding political campaigns and acquistion of land.
Yes, the state revenue generated from these transgressions are used to acquire land in KVC investments and its individual associates.
“Kansas understands the importance of utilizing Federal Medicaid funds appropriately. This was no exception,” Christine Swartz, the state’s deputy Medicaid director, wrote in a July letter to the Office of Inspector General.
Brownback set it up so that its private contractors could generate funding for political campaigns, mostly state campaigns as its campaign finance reporting system is poorly structured to hide to decipher what actually is an issue campaign for a private contractor and a political campaign.
The complaint, below, illuminates how KVC solicits under the guise of child welfare issues where many of its state elected and administrative officials function in the capacities of being on KVC payroll, advisory boards, and lobbyists.
Leary sued in October, shortly after it was reported that the three companies running KanCare collectively lost $76.2 million in 2014 after incurring losses of $110 million in 2013.Brownback set it up so that its private contractors could generate funding for political campaigns, mostly state campaigns as its campaign finance reporting system is poorly structured to hide to decipher what actually is an issue campaign for a private contractor and a political campaign.
The complaint, below, illuminates how KVC solicits under the guise of child welfare issues where many of its state elected and administrative officials function in the capacities of being on KVC payroll, advisory boards, and lobbyists.
KanCare, which put private companies in charge of managing the state’s Medicaid program, was launched by Gov. Sam Brownback in January 2013. The program moved nearly all state Medicaid enrollees into health plans run by Sunflower and two other managed care organizations, Amerigroup and UnitedHealthcare.
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