Medicaid vendor has history of controversy
Source: By BRIAN LYMAN, Press Register (AL), Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The Alabama Medicaid Agency on Tuesday chose a subsidiary of Affiliated Computer Services, a Dallas-based database services company, to implement an electronic database for Medicaid clients around the state.
The Fortune 500 company, which hired a former aide to Gov. Bob Riley as a lobbyist days before the contract was awarded, has won projects throughout the world but has been followed by scandal in recent years, including the loss of millions of personal records in two states and allegations of bribery in securing a Canadian contract.