Kansas legislators with oversight of Kansas’ privatized
Medicaid system called for special scrutiny of the person hired by the state to
identify fraud in the $3 billion-a-year health care network.
Phil Hermanson was recently appointed as inspector general
by the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Hermanson
previously worked in commercial real estate and has a background that includes
a business backruptcy, personal financial problems, DUI conviction and campaign
finance violations.
Hermanson has no college degree or career experience in
insurance, legal, accounting, health care, or law enforcement fields applicable
to examining conduct of clients and service providers interacting with
insurance companies.
“With an active FBI investigation into KanCare financial
arrangements ongoing, it would have made more sense to hire an inspector
general with appropriate academic and career credentials, in addition to a
personal history that was above reproach,” Sen. Laura Kelly of the KanCare
committee said to the Topeka Capital Journal. Read More…
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