Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

PACE is a form of long-term managed care, wherein the provider accepts a rate to provide all Medicaid/Medicare long- term care and medical services. Premiums for qualified individuals are paid by the Kansas Department on Aging (KDOA), Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA) and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The PACE provider coordinates and provides all needed preventive, primary, acute and long term care services, so that older individuals functionally eligible for nursing home care can continue living in the community. 
PACE provides comprehensive health care services designed to meet the following objectives:

(1) Enhance the quality of life and independence for the older Kansan.

(2) Maximize dignity of, and respect for, the older Kansan.

(3) Enable the older Kansan to live in the community as long as possible.

(4) Preserve and support the older Kansan’s family unit

To be eligible for PACE services the participant must:

• Be 55 years of age or older;
• Be assessed to meet the functional eligibility guidelines established by the State of Kansas;
  • This means the customer has impairments in completing their Activities of Daily Living, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and, or other risks with a total minimum level of care score of 26.
• Reside in the service area of the PACE organization; and
• Meet any additional program specific eligibility conditions imposed under the PACE program agreement.

Enrollment in PACE is voluntary provided the participant meets the necessary eligibility requirements. Participants must agree to receive all services solely from the PACE organization.
Currently, Kansas has two PACE Centers.  Via Christi HOPE was opened in September 2002 and is operated by Via Christi Health Systems in Wichita, serving Sedgwick County. Midland Care Connections opened February 2007 and is operated by Midland Care Connections in Topeka, serving Shawnee, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee Counties.
For more information, please call the PACE Center that serves your county.

• Midland Care Connections
  200 SW Frazier Circle
  Topeka, KS 66606
  Phone: (785) 232-2044

• Via Christi HOPE
  2622 West Central Ave., Suite 101
  Wichita, KS 67203
  Phone: (316) 858-1111