Public records, emails remain obstructed as Medicaid lawsuit stalls
Public records documenting the Mississippi Division of Medicaid's actions leading up to its award of a $2 billion contract remain shielded from public view.
The judge who will decide whether Medicaid acted appropriately in awarding the managed care contract first ordered no more evidence be presented, without his written approval, in the case.
Then, on the request of Medicaid and one company who won the contract, Hinds County Chancery Court Judge William Singletary temporarily sealed the stack of public records attorneys said would show Medicaid Director David Dzielak violated conflict of interest laws.
The public records were entered into the case for identification but not into evidence. They never appeared on the docket.
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