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To Decrease Medicaid Spending (Without Decreasing Medicaid Recipients’...
It is indisputable that reigning in Medicaid costs is one of this administration’s top priorities. And, I agree, reigning in Medicaid costs should be a top priority. In fiscal year 2011, it is...
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Lawmakers Demand Accountability as to NCTracks Debacle (Finally) and the...
Yesterday (11/20/13), State Auditor Beth Wood appeared before the Joint Program Evaluation Oversight Committee meeting. Lawmakers and Wood criticized NCTracks, its rollout, and the lack of...
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Former DHHS staffer takes jobs with Medicaid contractor
I cannot take credit for this blog. I cut and pasted the test from WRAL. But…WOW!!!! Raleigh, N.C. — A state employee who helped oversee the construction and rollout of the NCTracks Medicaid billing...
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December 2013 Performance Audit Finds NCTracks Has Encountered More Than 3200...
Today State Auditor Beth Wood published the December 2013 “NCTracks Post-Implementation Performance Audit.” One of the key findings is that, since NCTracks went live, the NCTracks system has...
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The Assassination of Caesar, the Utter Ineptness of NCTracks, and Ignored...
“If we do not learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it.” George Santayana. In William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” Caesar is warned to “Beware the Ides of March.” See Act 1, Scene 2. The...
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NCTracks Derailed: Class Action Lawsuit Filed!
My law partner Camden Webb and I filed a class action lawsuit today alleging on behalf of medical providers who accept Medicaid in North Carolina. Williams Mullen Medicaid Litigation Team Files Class...
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Black and Blue Medicaid Budgets, the ACA, and the Fear of the Unknown…
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown” H.P. Lovecraft, “Supernatural Horror in Literature.” I completely agree. The...
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$12 Million of Illinois Medicaid Dollars Paid for Services Rendered to the...
Who would want state Medicaid dollars paying for services that are not medically necessary? What about services getting paid out for services rendered to dead people? I mean, I am no doctor, but I...
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Medicaid Mishaps Cause Tempers to Flare
Here is an interesting article… Article from Carolina Journal Online by Dan Way: RALEIGH — With $2 billion in cost overruns the past four years, Medicaid continues to be North Carolina’s most volatile...
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NC State Auditor Releases New NCTracks Audit: Unresolved Risks Could Delay...
This just in!!!! Our State Auditor Beth Wood just released a new audit entitled, “Department of Health and Human Services-NCTRACKS-Federal Government Certification Status.” More to come…
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Can DHHS Do Anything Right? State Auditor Finds DHHS’ Provider Eligibility...
A new audit by the State Auditor shows ANOTHER problem at DHHS. This comes on the heels of another audit earlier this month finding that NCTracks is problematic. Here is the link: State Audit More...
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NC State Auditor’s Findings May Cause Overzealous Oversight
Ok, so it took me a couple of days to free up some time to discuss the most recent Performance Audit by our State Auditor. This time of year is CRAZY! We had to get our daughter ready for the 4th...
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State Auditor Finds Taxpayer Waste at OMMISS!!!!
New State Auditor report investigates the Office of Medicaid Management Information Systems Services (OMMISS) within the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). With DHHS’...
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NC State Auditor Finds Eastpointe Guilty of Accepting Kickbacks!
Last week I traveled to Houston, Dallas, and Denver to meet with other health care attorneys of Gordon & Rees. It was a great trip and I met some wonderful colleagues. But I was happy to get home...
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State Auditor Finds Robeson County School NOT Using Medicaid Money
Our State Auditor Beth Wood’s most recent audit finds that The Public Schools of Robeson County failed to spend approximately $1 million in Medicaid dollars intended for special needs children in...
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NC State Auditor Finds Cardinal Expenditures Unreasonable!!(Finally)...
The NC State Auditor Beth Wood released an audit report on Cardinal Innovations yesterday, May 17, 2017. Here are the key findings. For the full report click here. BACKGROUND Cardinal is a Local...
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Cardinal Sues State to Keep Paying CEO $635,000 – With Our Tax Dollars!
On September 18, Cardinal filed a Petition at the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) challenging the State’s authority to set executive compensation limits. In other words, Cardinal is suing the...
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Cardinal Board Slashes CEO’s Salary and CEO Cannot Accept!
In the wake of bad press, Cardinal Innovation’s Board of Directors finally acted and cut Richard Topping’s, the CEO, obnoxiously high salary, which is paid with Medicaid fund tax dollars. It seems he...
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NC State Auditor Releases New NCTracks Audit: Unresolved Risks Could Delay...
This just in!!!! Our State Auditor Beth Wood just released a new audit entitled, “Department of Health and Human Services-NCTRACKS-Federal Government Certification Status.” More to come…
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A new audit by the State Auditor shows ANOTHER problem at DHHS. This comes on the heels of another audit earlier this month finding that NCTracks is problematic. Here is the link: State Audit More...
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