Kansas Healthcare Revenue Navigation

Kansas hospitals left $2.1 billion in uncompensated care on the table last year.

HRN Group navigates the KanCare Medicaid system in real time — recovering revenue your team doesn't have time to chase.

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No cost. No commitment. We show you the numbers first.

Source: Kansas Hospital Association, 2025 Legislative Testimony —

$2.1B in uncompensated care across Kansas hospitals
The Problem

Three ways Kansas hospitals lose
Medicaid revenue every week

These aren't billing errors. They're navigation failures — gaps between what your hospital is owed and what the KanCare system actually pays.

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Eligibility Gaps

Patients coded as self-pay when KanCare coverage exists — or existed retroactively. Every missed match is a claim that never gets filed.

Often found 30-90 days late
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Denial Leakage

30-40% of KanCare denials are never appealed. Each MCO — Aetna, Sunflower, UnitedHealthcare — has different rules, different portals, different timelines.

3 MCOs, 3 sets of rules
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Filing Deadlines

90, 150, and 180-day filing windows close silently. No one is watching every MCO's clock — and once a deadline passes, the money is gone.

Deadlines vary by MCO

Zero integrations. Zero IT projects. Zero new software.

We work with standard data exports your EHR already produces. No APIs to configure, no systems to connect, no IT tickets to file. Your team sends three files on Monday — we handle the rest.

No integrations No software install No IT involvement Works with any EHR

We don't audit your past. We navigate your present.

Traditional revenue cycle consultants look backward. HRN Group works in real time — catching revenue before it's lost.

Traditional Audit

Looking Backward

Reviews data 60-90 days late
Finds problems after the money is gone
Generic approach across all states
Big upfront investment, uncertain ROI
Hands you a report and walks away
HRN Real-Time Navigation

Working Forward

Weekly data cycles catch issues in days
Recovers revenue while it's still recoverable
Built specifically for Kansas KanCare
Performance-based — we earn when you recover
We carry the weekly workload, not your team

Works with your existing EHR — no integrations required

Who We Are

Built for Kansas. Built for this problem.

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David Thorne

HRN Group was built for one purpose: to help Kansas hospitals recover Medicaid revenue lost to KanCare navigation failures — before the deadlines close and the money disappears.

With 20+ years leading operational transformations across healthcare, fintech, and energy — including billion-dollar M&A integrations at Boeing and executive leadership as CEO of Thumbscore — David brings systems-level thinking to a problem that most consultants treat as a billing exercise. This isn't about coding errors. It's about building a real-time navigation system that works inside the complexity of three MCOs, shifting KanCare policy, and the daily reality of rural hospital revenue teams.

Based in Wichita, David teaches Digital Transformation at Wichita State University, mentors the next generation of Kansas business leaders, and serves foster children through Gathered Strong. He founded HRN Group because he saw Kansas hospitals losing revenue they were owed — not from lack of effort, but from lack of a system built for the way KanCare actually works.

WBJ Innovator of the Year (multiple) Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award Wichita State Faculty Boeing M&A Integration Wichita, Kansas

Ready to see what's in your data?

A 30-minute data review is all it takes. We'll show you whether there's material revenue sitting in your KanCare claims — before you commit to anything.

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Free. No obligation. You'll see the numbers first.