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Charitable Health - Charitable Health Program Overview |
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Charitable Health Program Overview
2009: Charitable
Health Care Provider .ppt is currently being updated. 2009 Charitable Health Care Provider Program Manual for Providers. (.pdf file) is currently being updated. The Charitable Health Care Provider Program began in 1991 as a way to increase the provision of medical care to the medically indigent by providing liability coverage to health care professionals in exchange for their services. The Charitable Health Care Provider program allows health care providers who give care to the medically indigent and persons covered by Medicaid, MediKan and HealthWave to be included for liability purposes under the Kansas Tort Claims Act special liability expense fund. This means those charitable health care providers who are sued by a recipient of their care will be defended by the Attorney General's office and the Kansas Tort Claims fund will be the payer of first resort even if another policy of professional liability insurance exists. PROGRAM FEATURES: Eligible Providers: The definition of Charitable Health Care Provider includes any person or facility defined as a health care provider in KSAs 40-3401 and 65-4921, including medical doctors, osteopaths, dentists, registered nurses, physician's assistants, pharmacists, optometrists, licensed practical nurses, chiropractors, podiatrists, physical therapists and assistants, occupational therapists and assistants, respiratory therapists, dental hygienists and mental health technicians. Providers must have current Kansas licensure.
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Facilities defined as health care providers include medical care facilities licensed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, state certified HMOs, professional corporations of health care providers, non-profit corporations of health care providers, licensed psychiatric hospitals and mental health centers or clinics licensed by SRS, excluding state MR institutions and state psychiatric hospitals.
Click here to view current regulations for the program
Eligible Recipients: Persons eligible to receive
care from charitable health care providers include the medically indigent
and persons receiving medical assistance under programs operated by the
Secretary of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) which include Medicaid,
MediKan and HealthWave. Medical indigency is defined in K.A.R. 28-53-3 as having
no health insurance and being at or below 200% of the federal poverty line and
entering the system through a point of entry.
Eligibility
Guidelines have been established.
Points of Entry: A qualified Point of Entry for care
through the Charitable Health Care Provider program includes a participating
local health department, a federally qualified health center or an indigent
health care clinic. An indigent health care clinic is defined in K.S.A.
75-6102(h), as amended by Chapter 75 of the 2009 Session Laws, as an
"outpatient medical care clinic operated on a not-for-profit basis which
has a contractual agreement in effect with the Secretary of Health and
Environment to provide health care services to medically indigent persons."
STATE ROLE: The role of KDHE is to:
- Provide information to interested clinics and providers.
- Maintain a list of Charitable Health Provider Program Entry Points.
Click here to contact the BLRH staff member responsible for this program.