Ohio BWC medicine spending oversight called lax
Source:By JAMES DREW and STEVE EDER, Toledo BLADE (OH), Friday, June 8, 2007
The top internal auditor at the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said yesterday that it is unclear if $637 million that has passed through the agency's prescription drug program since 2002 was properly spent by an outside company hired to administer pharmacy benefits to Ohio's injured workers.
The company, ACS State Healthcare, told the bureau that the millions have flowed into one bank account, mixed in with money from 12 other customers around the nation that have hired the firm to manage prescription benefits, according to an internal audit.