Tag Archives: WellCare

Political Notes – Where does the ports project get funded?

By Tom Crawford | Published: April 12, 2012

There were cheers all around for the approval of the Savannah harbor deepening by the Army Corps of Engineers, but how will the project be financed? . . .

Tags: Alan Essig , Corps of Engineers , DCH , Georgia Ports , Jack Kingston , Medicaid fraud , Savannah River deepening , Saxby Chambliss , state revenues , WellCare

Georgia, WellCare settle Medicaid allegations

By Tom Crawford | Published: April 9, 2012

A settlement with WellCare over charges of Medicaid fraud will bring Georgia $33 million as its share of the multi-state agreement . . .

Tags: DCH , Georgia , Medicaid fraud , Sam Olens , settlement , WellCare

DCH awaits report on Medicaid privatization

By Tom Crawford | Published: January 16, 2012

DCH will be receiving a consultant’s study this week that could recommend major changes in how Georgia runs its Medicaid program . . .

Tags: Amerigroup , care management organizations , Centene , Cynthia Zeldin , David Cook , GHA , Joe Parker , Medicaid , Pat Willis , WellCare

Political Notes – Immigration law nails German businessman

By Tom Crawford | Published: November 21, 2011

Alabama authorities arrested and jailed a foreign worker under the state’s new immigration law, but he wasn’t exactly the kind of worker the law is intended for . . .

Tags: alabama , Georgia Ports Authority , immigration law , Lake Lanier , Liz Flowers , Mercedes Benz , T-SPLOST referendum , WellCare

State overpays more than $100 million on Medicaid

By Tom Crawford | Published: August 9, 2011

DCH recovers huge overpayments it made to care management organizations that administer the Medicaid program; the problem is caused by duplicate patient records . . .

Tags: Amerigroup , Centene , DCH , Medicaid , overpayments , WellCare