Kansas Family Medical Assistance
Manual (KFMAM)
Eligibility Policy - 4/26/2024
06000 >>> 06500 >>> 6513 >>> 6513.02
6513.01
6513.02 MMIS Responsibility - The above information is then sent to the MMIS, where a medical assistance benefit plan of medically needy will be assigned. The presence of a medically needy benefit plan will identify the individual as a person with a spenddown.
A medical card is issued for each participating member of the assistance plan. Medicaid providers who deliver medically necessary services and items shall bill the Kansas Medical Assistance Program (KMAP) using the information on the card. All medical expenses may be direct billed to MMIS, not just those covered by the KMAP. If the spenddown has not yet been satisfied, expenses which have been incurred in the base period are applied to reduce the amount of remaining spenddown, subject to TPL limitations. The amount actually billed will be allowed toward spenddown, as providers are restricted to billing at their usual and customary rate.
All claims received by the fiscal agent will have a Potential Provider Payment (PPP) status determined. The status indicates if the service is a Medicaid covered service which, if the client were not on spenddown, could potentially be paid by the Medicaid program.
The fiscal agent will send weekly notifications to those cases which experience activity on the spenddown in the past week. The notice will itemize all allowable expenses directly billed to the MMIS or through the Beneficiary Billed claims explained in item 6513.03 below.