FOI Commission Says Some Medicaid Records Should Be Open
· Story link Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Commission ruled that private health maintenance organizations that operate state-funded Medicaid health networks…
Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Commission ruled that private health maintenance organizations that operate state-funded Medicaid health networks must share some of their records with the public. Four HMOs will have received $625 million in 2005 to serve 300,000 clients. The ruling frew out of a professor’s request for information on how much the HMOs pay cardiologists and gastroenteromolgists. (12/16/05)