Thursday, July 24, 2008

SC to post Medicaid payments on Internet

This is huge. Tennessee should follow South Carolina's great example immediately.

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The state is now posting that and other provider information online.

"We are pleased to be able to offer the public a way to track how their money is spent in the Medicaid program," Emma Forkner, director of the state Department of Health and Human Services, said in a statement. "This kind of spending transparency is key to ensuring accountability from government agencies and those who get paid by them."