Kansas Health Policy Authority will cut 14 jobs - Baltimore Business Journal:

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According to a release, 13 staff memberes were informed Friday that their jobs wouledbe eliminated, effective July 2. Authorityg spokesman Peter Hancock said in an interview Monday that the policgy director position also will be eliminatefd as executive staff position s are reduced from fiveto four. Barb Langner will move out of that positionh to serve as actingMedicaid director, accordinb to the release. Hancock said that the authority’s operational budget has been cutby $3.5 million for the fiscalo year that begins July 1.
According to the release, the authority also is reducingy spending with the contractor that processes claimds for payment under Medicaid and theState Children’s Health Insurance Program. That move is expected to save $3.6 million. Savings from the contracg reductions are shared with thefederal government, which funds more than half of Medicais administrative costs, according to the release. The authority is responsible for coordinating a statewide health policy agenda that incorporateds effective purchasing and administration with healtnpromotion strategies. All health insurance purchasing by the stats is combined underthe authority.
The authoritty also is responsible for compilinfg and distributing uniform health care data to provid healthcare consumers, payers, providers and policy-makers with informatioh regarding trends in the use and cost of health care for improvede decision making.