'Business-friendly' Oklahoma draws Signify to OKC
The incentives offered were good, but it’s the people that drew Signify Health Inc. to Oklahoma, David Pierre, chief operating officer of Signify Health, said. Dallas-based Signify recently cut the ribbon on its latest regional service center hub, in Oklahoma City. The company qualifies for Quality Jobs incentives and Oklahoma’s CareerTech training programs. Oklahoma City’s 25,000-square-foot facility now becomes Signify’s third hub, joining facilities in New York City and Rapid City, South Dakota.
State getting refund in Medicaid fraud case
Oklahoma is getting back $3.8 million in Medicaid fraud money recovered under a federal investigation into prescription drug prices, as several states begin to look more closely at how managed care administrators bill for pharmaceuticals. Attorney General John O’Connor announced Oklahoma has joined the other 49 states; Washington, D.C.; Puerto Rico; and the federal government in a $233.7 million settlement with Mallinckrodt ARD LLC, formerly known as Questcor Pharmaceuticals. The company was found to have inflated prescription drug prices from 2013 to 2020 by circumventing Medicaid rules designed to curb steep price increases.
Stitt heralds agreement on managed care
The governor and lawmakers have finally come up with a version of Medicaid managed care all parties can support. After years of contention, the governor, the Legislature and the voters who pushed for Medicaid expansion appear to have found common ground. The agreement could benefit the state’s economy and workforce, which are heavily affected by Oklahoma’s Medicaid services, now serving 1 million Oklahomans. Gov. Kevin Stitt held a press conference at the Norman Regional Health System Education Center to “celebrate” the state’s new Medicaid model, dubbed Sooner Select.