Managed Care · KS
Kansas
High opportunity · score 60
MA penetration is well below average — strong room for managed-care contracts.
State MA penetration
33.3%
National rank #43 · National avg 47.8%
-14.55 pp vs national
199,372
MA beneficiaries (rolled up)
599,667
Medicare eligibles
105
Counties indexed
297
SNFs in state
MA beneficiaries · 2016–2022
YoY change: +123.7%
SNF utilization rate (MA enrollees)
Share of MA beneficiaries with a SNF stay each year (CMS MA GV PUF).
Most saturated counties
- 59.8%Wyandotte15,442 of 25,841 eligibles
- 48.9%Linn1,289 of 2,637 eligibles
- 44.8%Miami3,370 of 7,523 eligibles
- 44.5%Sedgwick44,952 of 101,041 eligibles
- 43.5%Bourbon1,511 of 3,472 eligibles
- 43.3%Cherokee2,032 of 4,689 eligibles
- 41.0%Johnson47,946 of 116,980 eligibles
- 40.6%Butler5,694 of 14,029 eligibles
- 39.2%Montgomery2,998 of 7,654 eligibles
- 38.0%Sumner2,125 of 5,600 eligibles
Highest opportunity counties
- 0.9%Ford4,548 eligibles · 42 enrolled
- 1.3%Finney5,266 eligibles · 68 enrolled
- 1.5%Ness816 eligibles · 12 enrolled
- 1.5%Meade874 eligibles · 13 enrolled
- 1.6%Trego875 eligibles · 14 enrolled
- 1.7%Sherman1,416 eligibles · 24 enrolled
- 1.9%Sheridan648 eligibles · 12 enrolled
- 1.9%Seward2,583 eligibles · 48 enrolled
- 2.7%Stevens916 eligibles · 25 enrolled
- 3.0%Morton595 eligibles · 18 enrolled
Top MA payers in Kansas
202,032 total MA enrolled- 1CARE IMPROVEMENT PLUS SOUTH CENTRAL INSURANCE CO.25,95612.8%
- 2COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF MISSOURI, INC.24,58512.2%
- 3UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF THE MIDLANDS, INC.23,60711.7%
- 4HUMANA INSURANCE COMPANY22,91311.3%
- 5UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF WISCONSIN, INC.17,5088.7%
- 6COVENTRY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY16,7538.3%
- 7EMPHESYS INSURANCE COMPANY16,3438.1%
- 8SIERRA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.11,3745.6%
- 9BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD KANSAS SOLUTIONS, INC.10,2225.1%
- 10CHA HMO, INC.9,3764.6%
- 11DEVOTED HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF KANSAS4,3512.1%
- 12CARITEN HEALTH PLAN INC.4,3442.1%
- 13AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY4,0232.0%
- 14MISSOURI CARE, INCORPORATED3,0381.5%
- 15SUNFLOWER STATE HEALTH PLAN, INC.3,0081.5%
Top-rated SNFs in Kansas
297 total- Brewster Health CenterTOPEKA, KS · Shawnee County · 97 beds5★
- MEADOWLARK HILLSMANHATTAN, KS · Riley County · 134 beds5★
- Garden Valley Retirement VillageGARDEN CITY, KS · Finney County · 62 beds5★
- Delmar Gardens Of LenexaLENEXA, KS · Johnson County · 222 beds5★
- BROOKSIDE RETIREMENT COMMUNITYOVERBROOK, KS · Osage County · 60 beds5★
- LEXINGTON PARK NURSING & POST ACUTE CENTERTOPEKA, KS · Shawnee County · 90 beds5★
- PINNACLE PARK NURSING & REHAB CENTERSALINA, KS · Saline County · 60 beds5★
- LARKSFIELD PLACEWICHITA, KS · Sedgwick County · 80 beds5★
- MCCRITE PLAZA HEALTH CENTERTOPEKA, KS · Shawnee County · 80 beds5★
- VILLA ST FRANCIS CATHOLIC CARE CENTER INCOLATHE, KS · Johnson County · 170 beds5★
Source: CMS MA State/County Penetration (Aug 2025). Secondary metrics from CMS Medicare Advantage Geographic Variation PUF (2016–2022). Penetration is computed by rolling up county-level CMS-published MA enrolled / Medicare eligibles. Trend chart spans 2016–2022.