Gov. Paul LePage’s administration is putting an early end to a contract it awarded to a Massachusetts firm to handle part of the state’s Medicaid application process and take over the jobs of 10 state employees. The administration entered into the contract this winter without soliciting competitive bids, and even though having the contractor perform the work would be more expensive than keeping state employees on the job, the BDN reported in February. [LePage will outsource Medicaid staff, even though it will cost state more] The Maine Department of Health and Human Services awarded the 25-month, $5.6 million contract to Commonwealth Medicine in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to have the firm’s specialists determine whether people are disabled for the purpose of qualifying for state-funded health coverage through Medicaid. Now, the contract will end after a year, and DHHS late last month issued a request for proposals seeking competitive bids to provide the service. A division of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Commonwealth Medicine began evaluating Medicaid applicants’ disability status on June 1, as DHHS eliminated its 10-employee Medical Review Team.
Stories Related to Lepage To End Deal Early That Outsourced Medicaid Staff
Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News
Wed, 07/11/2018 - 7:20am
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Topics: Maine Penobscot County Bangor
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