EDITORIAL: Illinois can’t afford these mistakes
Yet two state audits -- of the
Given that the payments involve Medicaid managed care organizations, it's critical this doesn't happen again. MCOs, private insurance-run system for low-income and disabled residents, now handle 80 percent of the state's 3.4 million Medicaid cases. Sloppiness cannot be tolerated when so many people are dependent on MCO-provided services.
Rauner downplayed the findings, saying mistakes get made, but when a problem is found it is corrected. A DHFS spokesman said the state began seeking some of the reimbursement before the audit began, and a new system will help better serve Medicaid recipients and taxpayers.
We are not a state that can play fast and loose with money when
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