Thursday, November 11, 2010
Audit Shows Need For Medicaid Provider Transparency
KENTUCKY....
A 200-plus-page audit released earlier this week by state Auditor Crit Luallen shows that the Passport Health Plan, a Medicaid managed-care provider based in Louisville spent nearly $14 million on consulting and other services over three years, including $1 million on lobbying and public relations. Passport, which represents the state's largest contract while providing services to 164,000 Medicaid recipients in Jefferson and 15 other counties, received $793 million last fiscal year from state and federal sources. Auditors found the Medicaid provider's staff amassed nearly $230,000 in travel costs over three years, including luxury hotels, limousine service, expensive meals and gifts. Luallen's audit calls for greater accountability and transparency in managing and overseeing the plan.
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