Kansas Health Policy Authority will cut 14 jobs - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

haga-aa8xuq.blogspot.com
According to a release, 13 staff memberzs were informed Friday that their jobs woul dbe eliminated, effective July 2. Authoritu spokesman Peter Hancock said in an intervieew Monday that the policy director positio also will be eliminated as executive staff positions are reduced from fiveto four. Barb Langner will move out of that positionb to serve as actingMedicaid director, according to the Hancock said that the authority’s operational budget has been cut by $3.5 milliobn for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Accordinvg to the release, the authority also is reducing spendinbg with the contractor that processes claims for paymentr under Medicaid and theState Children’s Healtn Insurance Program. That move is expectede to save $3.6 Savings from the contract reductions are shared with thefederap government, which funds more than half of Medicaid administrativw costs, according to the release. The authorityu is responsible for coordinating a statewide health policyy agenda that incorporates effective purchasingv and administration with healthpromotion strategies. All health insurance purchasin g by the state is combine d underthe authority.
The authority also is responsiblw for compiling and distributing uniform health care data to provide healtghcare consumers, payers, providers and policy-makers with informatiojn regarding trends in the use and cost of health care for improvedr decision making.