Medical Care Advisory Committee (MCAC)

The role of the Medical Care Advisory Committee Members are as follows:

Recommend actions concerning difficult treatment modalities for beneficiaries
Assist with coverage issues relating to Kansas Medicaid to inform policy development and program administration
Educate beneficiaries for various clinical issues
Recommend courses of action for difficult cases
Recommend criteria for selected prior authorization issues

These issues are discussed in aggregate and not on a member by member basis. The MCAC should not discuss any information considered PHI or PII as defined by federal regulations.

Meeting Minutes:

MCAC Minutes 4.30.19 (DRAFT)

KanCare Medical Care Advisory Committee (MCAC) Membership

Beth Raines

Supervisor with Episcopal Social Services Breakthrough Club

Wichita, Kansas

Beth.Raines@esswichita.org

Brandan Kennedy, M.D.

Director, Medical Informatics, Inpatient Medicine; Pediatric Hospitalist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

b1kennedy@cmh.edu

Donna Sweet, M.D.

Professor of Medicine at University of Kansas Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas

dsweet@kumc.edu

Jacqueline Dyke

Self directs her services through OCCK, DPOK CDDO Area.

jdyke1987@gmail.com

Jeff Pierce, Pharm.D.

Clinical Coordinator for Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s Pharmacy Department

jeff.pierce@LMH.org

Pam Shaw, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Vice-chair Education, Medical Director of the Neis Clinical Skills Lab, Phase II Director