Coming Soon. Later this year you can quickly locate hospitals, clinics, associations, and support groups in your area using Go Local Kansas.
Take charge of your health by learning about your health care providers. Learn what your options are. One size doesn’t fit all. For example, some hospitals are specialized to treat certain conditions. You deserve to get the quality service you pay for. Use these tools to help you locate and choose the health care provider that will be best for you.
Remember to check back. In the future you’ll be able to compare how much certain services cost and find additional information to help you make informed decisions about buying health care.
Hospital Compare: United States Department of Health and Human Services interactive tool provides information on how well the hospitals in your area care for their adult patients with certain medical conditions.
Find a Doctor: Kansas Board of Healing Arts interactive tool with details about doctors' medical licenses as well as information about insurance.
Find a Doctor or Specialist: WebMD Physician Directory
Find a Specialist: Extensive directory to help you locate a medical specialist from MedlinePlus.
Find a Dentist: American Dental Association
Find Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service Providers: National Mental Health Information Center.
Free or Low Cost Health Centers in Kansas.
The Health Plan Report Card is an interactive tool designed to help you find the health plan that's right for you. NCQA is a private nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality of our nation's health care.
Learn about medical assistance if you don’t have health insurance.
Information about types of long-term care as well as how to choose and pay for long-term care from Medicare.gov.
Information about Medicaid and Medicare certified nursing homes including information on payment, patient rights, as well as a nursing home checklist to help you evaluate the nursing homes that you visit.
Interactive tool to compare Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care
How Private Health Coverage Works [PDF]
Guide to Buying Health Care in Kansas
The Kansas Insurance Commission
The Kansas Health Insurance Association provides health insurance to Kansas residents who have been denied coverage.
If you have questions or concerns with insurance, contact Consumer Assistance Division by calling toll-free 1-800-432-2484 or e-mail commissioner@ksinsurance.org.
National Organization for Rare Disorders is dedicated to helping people with rare, orphan diseases. Rarediseases.org contains information on the prevention, treatment and cure of rare diseases, and prescription assistance programs.
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A majority of the information listed here can be used by residents anywhere in the state of Kansas but it also includes phone numbers specifically for Kansas City residents.
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PPARxKS is a Web site designed to help low-income, uninsured Kansas residents get free or discounted brand-name medicines.
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