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Kansas Medicaid
Kansas Medicaid, enrolled across KanCare
A KMAP ID issued for every service location, the KanCare plans credentialed from one application, and claims that pay.
Kansas Medicaid, the Kansas Medical Assistance Program (KMAP), enrolls every provider who serves a Kansas Medicaid member, including those who only see KanCare managed care members. Its Provider Enrollment Guide says a clean application is processed within five business days, that each service location enrolls on its own, and that revalidation comes every five years.
Processing time
KMAP processes a clean and accurate application within five business days; a returned application restarts the wait. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
Revalidation cycle
Every five years for all Medicaid providers, with the managed care plans recredentialing on a three year cycle moving to a shared date. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
Who must enroll
Every individual or entity serving Kansas Medicaid members, including network providers of a KanCare managed care organization. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
Service locations
A group or facility enrolls each permanent, staffed, physical address separately; a tax ID or provider type change needs a new enrollment. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
Managed care clock
After KMAP approval the plans have 90 days to credential and 30 days to contract, and they set their own effective date. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
Retroactive dates
KMAP allows retroactive enrollment dates; the managed care plans do not. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
What we see in practice
45 to 90 days from submission to an active Medicaid ID.
In the official words
KMAP processes a clean and accurate application within five business days.
Providers enrolling as a group or facility must enroll each service location independently.
Kansas enrolls every location and every plan from one application
Since the managed care rule took effect, every provider furnishing services to Kansas Medicaid members, including network providers of a KanCare managed care organization, must be screened and enrolled with KMAP. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide A network provider without a KMAP enrollment is not eligible for in network reimbursement from the plan. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
One application covers the state and the plans. The provider chooses fee for service only, managed care only, or both, and KMAP forwards the approved application and attachments to the selected plans for credentialing and contracting. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide The plans then have 90 days to credential and 30 days to contract, and each plan sets its own effective date, independent of KMAP's. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide The plans also get weekly reports showing which providers are active or inactive. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
Enrollment is by location. A group or facility enrolls each service location independently, a service location being a permanent, staffed, physical address that provides services daily. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide A tax ID change or a provider type change requires a new enrollment, and one application is needed for each provider type. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide Locations that share a tax ID share the KMAP ID with a different location suffix. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
How enrollment works, step by step
- Decide the enrollment shape. An individual who bills under a Type 1 NPI enrolls as an individual; one who works for a group enrolls as an individual within a group and associates to the group, which must be enrolled first. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP does not allow roster enrollment, and a CAQH form cannot replace the enrollment. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
- Start online, or on paper. The public KMAP page opens the wizard for a new enrollment or a revalidation, Kansas Medical Assistance Program (KMAP) and paper applications are still accepted. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide Online needs one electronic signature; paper needs a wet signature on both the provider agreement and the ownership disclosure, or it is returned. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
- Disclose ownership. The disclosure collects name, Social Security number, date of birth and address for anyone with five percent or more ownership or a managing role. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
- Pay the fee where it applies. Enrollment includes paying an application fee as appropriate for the provider type. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
- Keep the record consistent. NPI, name, provider type and specialty, tax ID and service address should match between KMAP and the plans. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
- Track it. The application tracking number shows status in the wizard, and KMAP processes a clean application within five business days; a returned one takes longer. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
KMAP's five business days is the state's own figure for a clean file. Plan credentialing, corrections and the paperwork before submission are why our planning figure for Kansas stays at 45 to 90 days from submission to an active Medicaid ID.
Revalidation every five years, with the plans moving to one date
A Kansas Medicaid provider revalidates every five years, the federal floor for every provider type. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide 42 CFR 455.414 The managed care plans recredential every three years, and the guide describes the two cycles merging so that providers revalidate and recredential with all parties at once. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
A revalidation starts from the same public page as a new enrollment. Kansas Medical Assistance Program (KMAP) For a provider already on file, the wizard matches the KMAP ID and sends an email within 24 hours with instructions to resume a prepopulated application under a tracking number. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
Where Kansas enrollments lose money
The costly gap is between KMAP approval and plan contracting. KMAP allows retroactive enrollment dates, but the managed care plans do not, and they base network status on the contract date. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide A provider seeing KanCare members in that window is out of network for those plans.
Missing locations cost in the same way. A clinic that rents space with regular office hours is its own service location and needs its own enrollment, and a provider type that is not enrolled cannot be contracted by a plan, which may contract for fewer types than KMAP but never more. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
Returned paperwork is the slow leak. A paper application without both wet signatures comes back, and any application returned for corrections loses the five business day turnaround. KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide KMAP, Provider Enrollment Guide
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