What is the difference between Medicaid, HealthWave and Children’s Mercy Family Health Partners?
Medicaid is a federal program that gives funding to states for health care. States use this federal funding to administer managed care programs (Like HealthWave in KS) and provide health insurance for uninsured families with low-income. Click here to go to the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services website for more information about Medicaid. Kansas HealthWave is also part of the Kansas State Children’s Health Insurance Program, a state health insurance program for uninsured children of low-income families who do not have access to affordable health insurance. Kansas HealthWave sets guidelines for and oversees two health plans for low-income families throughout the state of Kansas. Click here to go to the Kansas HealthWave website for more information about Kansas HealthWave. Children’s Mercy Family Health Partners is one of the health plan choices available to Kansas residents. We are contracted to provide low-cost or no-cost health care coverage through the Kansas HealthW
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