Sep 3, 2016 at 8:55 am | Print View
If Gov. Terry Branstad and the Department of Human Services truly want us to believe handing Iowa’s Medicaid program over to private insurers was a wise, beneficial move, they need to offer us more than political spin and paltry data.We all want effective and cost-efficient management of Iowa’s Medicaid program. All Iowans clearly benefit from a system that delivers quality services at the lowest cost to the more than 600,000 Iowans covered by Medicaid. What is less clear is whether private Medicaid is delivering — whether it is meeting the needs of Medicaid patients, is paying providers for legitimate claims and is achieving responsible budget savings. Over the last two weeks, we’ve heard from the governor that privatized management by three managed care organizations is rooting out “fraud and abuse.” The governor’s office also used a speculative report filed last November in …
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