Lub Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv 'tus kws tshuaj xyuas saum toj kawg nkaus rau hnub Wednesday tau thim rov qab los ntawm kev thov tias ob lub tsev kho mob npaj tsev neeg pab cov neeg tau nyiaj tsawg tau them nyiaj tshaj Medicaid rau kev tiv thaiv kev yug menyuam los ntawm $ 3.5 lab.
Hauv ib rooj plaub uas tau saib xyuas los ntawm cov tsev kho mob hauv xeev, nrog rau lawv cov phooj ywg nom tswv thiab cov neeg tawm tsam, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas General Alan White txo cov nyiaj uas nws lub chaw haujlwm tab tom nrhiav kev them rov qab los ntawm 93 feem pua.
Dawb tau lees paub tias lub xeev cov lus qhia txog kev them nqi tau "tsim tsis meej pem," raws li cov ntawv xa mus rau cov chaw kho mob.
Txij li thaum txhua lub tsev kho mob tau tso siab rau cov lus qhia no, Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb "tau txiav txim siab tias nws yuav tsis ncaj ncees rau tus kws kho mob rau DHS thov kom them rov qab cov nyiaj no," White sau rau Family Planning Health Services Inc. thiab NEWCAP Inc.
Dawb tau sau tias OIG tau pom zoo rau DHS Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv thiab Kev lees paub tias qhov kev pabcuam Medicaid yuav tsum qhia meej nws cov lus qhia txog yuav ua li cas cov tsev kho mob yuav tsum tau them nqi rau txoj haujlwm.
Lub caij nplooj zeeg dhau los, txawm li cas los xij, thaum nug seb qhov tseeb tias qhov kev them nqi tau nthuav dav yog qhov teeb meem uas lub tuam tsev saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv yuav tsum qhia meej txog nws cov cai, White tau hais tias "yuav tsis nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm qhov chaw ua haujlwm no ua."
Tom qab tshuaj xyuas cov ntaub ntawv cov chaw kho mob tau muab rau hauv cov lus tawm tsam, lub chaw ua haujlwm tau txo cov duab uas nws tab tom nrhiav rau "cov kev pabcuam uas tsis them nyiaj" los ntawm NEWCAP los ntawm ze li $ 1.2 lab mus txog $ 185,000. Rau FPHS, cov neeg kuaj xyuas thawj daim ntawv thov ntawm $ 2.3 lab hauv kev them nyiaj tshaj tau raug txo qis dua $ 45,000.
Diane Welsh, tus kws lij choj sawv cev rau ob lub tsev kho mob, tau hais tias lub chaw haujlwm tau txais qhov teeb meem "txoj cai."
Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tseem tsis ntseeg tias qhov kev them rov qab ntxiv tau raug txhawb los ntawm txoj cai," nws hais. "Peb yuav soj ntsuam peb cov kev xaiv, suav nrog thov kom muaj kev tswj hwm lub rooj sib hais."
Cov ntaub ntawv hais txog qhov chaw kho mob siv Medicaid li cas 340B kev pab them nqi tshuaj, nyob rau hauv uas cov tuam txhab tshuaj yuav tsum muab cov tshuaj txo nqi rau cov chaw muab kev nyab xeeb. Tsoom fwv teb chaws them rov qab 90 feem pua ntawm cov nqi tshuaj, thaum lub xeev them 10 feem pua.
Raws li hauv Oconto, NEWCAP Lub Zej Zog Kev Pabcuam Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv hauv xyoo 2013 tau pab txog 3,500 tus neeg hauv rau lub nroog. Wausau-based FPHS pab txog 6,000 tus neeg hauv cuaj lub nroog. Ob lub koom haum tsis muab rho menyuam tawm, thiab ob qho tib si ua haujlwm hauv thaj chaw uas muaj cov kws kho mob tsis txaus.
Cov kev ntsuam xyuas tau tsim kev tsis sib haum xeeb.
Beth Hartung, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Wisconsin Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, tau hais tias cov neeg soj ntsuam cov kev taw qhia ntawm Medicaid kev them nqi yuav yuam kom lwm tus neeg muab kev pab npaj tsev neeg hloov lawv txoj hauv kev thiab poob nyiaj raws li qhov tshwm sim. Cov nyiaj rau kev tswj kev yug me nyuam yog pab rau lwm cov kev kho mob ntawm cov menyuam yaus uas lawv muab rau cov neeg tau nyiaj tsawg.
Hartung tau hais tias "Nws yuav txhais tau, hais ncaj ncaj, tias peb txhua tus yuav kaw," Hartung tau hais rau lub caij nplooj zeeg kawg.
Cov kev tshuaj xyuas tau ua rau lub xeev Democratic Legislators Rep. Chris Taylor ntawm Madison thiab Sen. Dave Hansen ntawm Green Bay thov ib daim ntawv teev npe ntawm OIG qhib kev tshuaj xyuas, vim nws xav tias cov tsev kho mob tau raug tsom mus rau nom tswv - qhov kev thov tsis lees paub los ntawm lub koom haum.
Ntawm qhov tod tes, OIG qhov kev ua tau ua rau 32 tus neeg tawm tsam kev rho menyuam tawm hauv Republican cov neeg tsim cai lij choj hauv xeev, coj los ntawm Rep. Andre Jacque ntawm De Pere, los sau cov bipartisan Legislative Audit Committee. Cov neeg tsim cai lij choj hued rau kev nthuav dav ntawm kev tshuaj xyuas rau txhua lub tsev kho mob npaj tsev neeg hauv Wisconsin, suav nrog qhov loj tshaj plaws, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.
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Cov nonprofit Wisconsin Center rau Kev Tshawb Xyuas Xov Xwm (www.WisconsinWatch.org) koom tes nrog Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Zej Tsoom, Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Rau Pej Xeem, lwm cov xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, tshaj tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam cov kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm cov koom tes.
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