Government incompetence on display, in full public view – Colorado Building Up Millions In Unpaid Medicaid Claims « CBS Denver This has been going on for 5 or 6 months.

Colorado doctors and hospitals are claiming they’re owed hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, in unpaid Medicaid claims.

This is from implementation of the State’s new Medicaid payment system.

Colorado doctors, after months of trying to work through the issues, say they’re fed up with the site.

First it was individual doctors speaking out, but now it’s hospital CEO’s like Kevin Stansbury of Hugo’s Lincoln Community Hospital who are saying they’re stretched dangerously thin.

“We are a small place. We do not generate a lot of revenue, so every dollar we generate is important to us. We currently have about $1.3 million wrapped up in unpaid claims with Medicaid,” Stansbury said.

Oh and get this…

The state recognizes there have been issues. (emphasis added)

Wow, do these incompetent bureaucrats ‘ have a degree in rocket science? The state has been “recognizing” there have been issues for months. Wow, so what effing good does that do anyone? Recognizing doesn’t pay the bills.

Oh, now they talk about complexity….

“I want to start by fully acknowledging that this transition has been incredibly complex, not only for the state but for our providers and our other stakeholders,” Birch said.

With such a complex system, the department’s Health Information Director, Chris Underwood, says they expected there would be some growing pains.

“We also did some major policy changes when we implemented the system, and so a lot of providers believe the system is broken when the reality is we’ve changed our policy,” Underwood said.

So, the wizards, Sue Birch and Chris Underwood decided the best path forward was to implement a complex system, hope and pray and let the chips fall where they may. Inquiring minds want to know if they had ever heard about a phased approach?

And when is this mess going to be fixed?

At a legislative hearing, Underwood set a goal of having things operating as normal by January.

LOL!

This is pathetic. Especially for a State that expanded Medicaid and aggressively tries to enroll people in the system, yet can’t pay the medical providers that service these patients.

Heads would roll in a private corporation. Odds are high, all these incompetent bureaucrats will have a job come January.