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Must not have gone to the firm Bryant preferred.

how many swanky dinners and trips did david dzielak get from the cerner company before trying to award them a no-bid contract?

David is a joke

One might ask why the Division of Medicaid is spending this unnecessarily high amounts on a program that is mot needed for our state? The Director of Medicaid should not be giving out no bid contracts. It is against state laws.

Mississippi State can do this job for much less moneh and the work stays in the state.

Harvey Weinstein, I mean David Dzielak, surrounds himself with green, young ladies as his Deputies. Medicaid needs a real CEO, not a wannabe doctor.

@2:20- agreed. State groups like nSPARC could do this job for a much more competitive rate and it would be a state vendor.

When will the Gov can Dzeliak?

Hello Mimmo x2

So who wrote this memo for the Governor? No way Songy, Snyder, and Simpson did. His healthcare advisor doesn't have a clue.

Once again, Butler Snow (Evil Empire) is getting special backroom deals from Dr. Djelick.

Sounds like the eloped quarterback is upset at who’s getting contracts

5:11 nuthin new here/ BS been gettin no bid back door deals from MDE 4 years now.

Gonna be interesting to see what "contractors" are being referenced. I understand that most of the middle and upper management (state employees), have a "contractor" hired to actually do their jobs...IE, the Medicaid CFO has an out of town CPA hired to do her job and he's being paid over $300k. Hey, but don't sweat that !! Most of the $300k is "Federal" dollars.

The entire Medicaid management pyramid is a disaster. Incompetence reigns at every level. Go in to complain to the person who sent you a letter or won't return your calls and you'll find they've either been transferred or have resigned.

Lord Snow runs every aspect of Mississippi government contracting. When will the ethics commission look into this? Or have they promised Hood a job like theh have done for everyone else that questions them?

Bravo 5:21. Well done.

The real deal behind these memos and attacks on Medicaid is that the Governor's health policy advisor is jockying to get the job of Medicaid Director so he can take care of his friends like the Hospital Association who cannot win a RFP with Medicaid on their merits. This is dirty politics and character assassination for personal and political gain. Governor Bryant is going to be embarrassed soon if he continues to take this persons advice. For instance, this same health policy advisor is trying to send Medicaid eligibility determination to DHS. DHS is currently under a Justice Department investigation. More Chris Epps anyone?

Back to the matter addressed in this blog and others on JJ, and putting personalities aside, doesn’t anyone find the continuing questions about Medicaid’ and MDE’s procurement related problems or lack of procurement with high dollar no-bid awards problematic?

@1109 that is ivy league level deflection and defamation.

Defamation is the spreading of false information in order to harm someone.

3:15, try again. Your definition of defamation is not correct.

@3:15-- when a PhD tries to be a lawyer....

defamation
n. the act of making untrue statements about another which damages his/her reputation. If the defamatory statement is printed or broadcast over the media it is libel and, if only oral, it is slander. Public figures, including officeholders and candidates, have to show that the defamation was made with malicious intent and was not just fair comment.

Since when is pointing out political ambition (real or perceived) defamation?

Truth is the ultimate defense against a claim of defamation. The hospitals and politicians should run from the cronies behind these coordinated attacks on managed care and on the Division of Medicaid. They should also run from this emerging DHS scandal before the the folks with a writ knock on their doors.