Kansas Statutes § 39-783 Notice to affected healthcare provider groups of reduction in scope or reimbursement of services under medical assistance program; contents; effect of failure to give notice.

39-783. Notice to affected healthcare provider groups of reduction in scope or reimbursement of services under medical assistance program; contents; effect of failure to give notice. The secretary for aging and disability services or the Kansas department of health and environment shall mail a written notice to all affected health care provider groups of each reduction in the scope or reimbursement of services provided under the medical assistance program of the Kansas department for aging and disability services or the Kansas department of health and environment at least 10 days prior to the effective date of any such reduction. The written notice shall include a complete and accurate description of the proposed reductions. The secretary for aging and disability services or the Kansas department of health and environment shall not implement any such reduction in the medical assistance program until 10 days after the date that the written notice prescribed by this section is mailed to the affected provider groups. The failure to give notice as prescribed by this section shall not constitute or provide grounds for any cause of action concerning the medical assistance program and no such failure to give notice shall invalidate any action of the secretary for aging and disability services or the Kansas department of health and environment concerning the medical assistance program. History: L. 1987, ch. 328, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 93; July 1.