Last November, former Texas Medicaid director Billy Millwee, now a private consultant, appeared before the Little Hoover Commission in Sacramento, California. The LHC is an independent state oversight agency that was created in 1962 with the mission to investigate California "government operations and – through reports, recommendations, and legislative proposals – promote … [Read more...]
Disgraced Former Texas Medicaid Contractor Xerox Pays No Tax On $547 Million Profit, Texas Still Holding the Bag on $133 Million
USA Today reported last week that 27 corporations listed in the Standard & Poor's 500 paid no income tax for 2015 despite having pre-tax profits. The corporate giants include General Motors, Hewlett Packard, United Continental, News Corp, Weyerhauser amongst others. Xerox had a profit of $547 million but paid no tax Of special interest to Texas is the fact that on … [Read more...]
Xerox named on list of large companies that paid no income tax
Xerox is on a list of 27 large and profitable companies that paid no income tax last year. A report in the USA Today lists Xerox as one of several profitable companies that reported negative income tax expenses in 2015. According to the report, Xerox had -$23 million in income tax expenses. We reached out to the company in a statement. A spokesperson says Xerox is in … [Read more...]
State Lawsuit Against Xerox for Medicaid Ortho Billings Moving Forward
Back in May of 2014, the State of Texas terminated Xerox as the state's Medicaid claims administrator and filed suit against the company. The state is seeking recompense for hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars paid out by the company for Medicaid orthodontic treatment for which it gave prior authorization. To recap, the lawsuit alleges that the company simply "rubber … [Read more...]
State Again Sues “Reckless and Irresponsible” Xerox for Possible HIPAA Violations
The state is suing Xerox for a second time, afraid the company's recent actions in withholding a large number of documents relating to its tenure as the state's primary Medicaid claims administrator will lead to millions of dollars of federal fines against the state due to HIPAA violations. This morning HHSC issued a press release (see below) announcing that Xerox is being … [Read more...]
Janek accuses Xerox of “reckless” misuse of Medicaid data | Dallas Morning News
Texas Medicaid officials, already in a legal battle with Xerox Corp. over the company’s alleged failure to prevent widespread dental fraud, filed another lawsuit Tuesday accusing Xerox of improperly taking large quantities of medical records and not protecting patients’ confidentiality.The state Health and Human Services Commission said it filed a lawsuit in state district … [Read more...]
Xerox Seeks Protective Order to Stop Destruction of Documents Ordered by State
At the end of July, Xerox, Texas Medicaid's disgraced former claims administrator, filed for a protective order with the Travis County District Court. The stated reason for the order is because the Office of the Attorney General has apparently demanded the company destroy documents that it has in its possession that it needs to defend itself. A copy of the order or … [Read more...]
Xerox Denies Lawsuit Claims of State and Dentists
Last week Xerox filed a response to both the lawsuit filed by the State of Texas and its dentist intervenors about Xerox's allegedly deficient Medicaid orthodontic prior authorization process that led to $1.1 billion in program spending without proper review. Xerox issued a general denial of all claims, stating: Subject to stipulations or admissions that may hereafter be … [Read more...]
Competitors in New York Protest Awarding of $550M Medicaid Contract to Xerox
Back in May, shortly after Texas filed suit against Xerox and removed the company as the lead contractor in the Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership for its failure to properly handle Medicaid orthodontic prior authorizations leading to $1.1 billion in program expenditures, the State of New York awarded Xerox a $550 million dollar contract to build a new Medicaid … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Alleges Xerox Wrote Misleading Documents on Ortho Prior Authorizations
As part of the lawsuit against Xerox, the former lead contractor for the Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership, the Texas Office of the Attorney General alleges that Xerox, from the beginning of its contract with Texas, wrote misleading documents that indicated each request for Medicaid orthodontic treatment was submitted to and reviewed by its dental director when this was … [Read more...]