Ohio Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran won't discuss them, but state ethics filings she submitted on Sunday showed that she continued to own stock in three huge healthcare companies last year the same year she negotiated and signed billion-dollar contracts with their subsidiaries.
Medicaid is the second largest health care provider in Ohio, serving more than three million of our state’s most at risk and underserved people across all communities. Its open enrollment method should be preserved and protected, writes Innovation Ohio's Desiree Tims.
Ohio Medicaid won't say if it considered federal oversight reports in massive procurement. Bidder in which Medicaid director owned stock got one of the lowest scores.
Even though two huge healthcare companies were accused of abusing Ohio taxpayers in the past, the Ohio Department of Medicaid this year awarded them historic contracts, anyway.
A Franklin County judge earlier this month dismissed a lawsuit over the largest public procurement in Ohio history. But important questions remain about potential corruption and conflicts of interest.