Legislative auditor Daryl Pupera appears to be retreating from comments he made describing the Louisiana Department of Health’s oversight of its Medicaid program as sloppy and “a mess” last month.
Democratic senators on the Senate Health and Welfare Committee criticized Pupera Tuesday (Aug. 7) for implying that problems in the health agency’s bill-tracking system would lead to fraud in the Medicaid program and that state health officials weren’t doing their jobs properly.
The Senate committee had called a special meeting to address issues brought up in audits performed by Pupera’s staff, but the hearing turned into a referendum on the way Pupera talked to the press and on the radio about the Medicaid program.
Pupera didn’t appear personally at the hearing. His staff…
