Et tu, California? WASHINGTON — The federal government says it made about $100 billion in payments last year to people who may not have been entitled to receive them. Tax credits went to families that didn’t qualify, unemployment benefits went to people who had jobs […]
Feds Admit Another $100 Billion Wasted on Improper Payments in 2013
California Hiring 20,000 Obamacare Enrollers with Access to Consumers’ Personal Data: What Could Go Wrong?
Plus the new hires may have to undergo background checks and fingerprinting. But that’s the least of the problems. Fact is they’ll be paid for each enrollee they find! In the State Attorney General’s Med-Cal fraud investigators’ parlance – I believe they call such individuals […]
Chris Cruz – February 21, 2013

February 21, 2013 with TLTV Special Guest Chris Cruz, Deputy Director Chief Information Officer Department of Health Care Services TechLeader.TV requires Windows Media Player. FireFox 3.0 users may need to launch the player in a separate window, to do so click here. To view the […]
TechLeader.TV with Chris Cruz, Deputy Director and CIO, California Department of Healthcare Services, FEB 21, 2013
Next Program with Chris Cruz Deputy Director Chief Information Officer California Department of Health Care Services Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Chris Cruz As the department’s highest ranking IT professional, he oversees the design and implementation of IT applications, […]
TechLeader.TV with Gregory Franklin, Assistant Secretary for Health Information Technology, California Technology Agency
Next Program: A Live Webcast Hosted by John Thomas Flynn June 21, 2012 11:30 AM PT with Special Guest Gregory Franklin Assistant Secretary for Health Information Technology California Technology Agency TechLeader.TV will discuss with Greg: An overview of Health IT landscape – federal, state & […]
$350 million Medicare fraud in Texas, Largest case in history
Texas doctor, 6 others charged in $350 million home health care Medicare fraud: A Dallas-area doctor and his office assistant along with five owners of Texas home health agencies have been charged in what federal authorities called Tuesday the largest such case in history, a […]
Washington Lawmaker calls for State Medicaid System to Detect Fraud BEFORE payments, opposed by usual suspects
Just like most states including California, Washington bases it Medicaid fraud prevention on a “pay and chase” model, instead of utilizing new technology analytics to detect fraud before paying out claims. It could save millions, in Caifornia billions, but like California, the Washington agency bureaucracy […]
Riverside County – $500,000 in child care fraud
Fraud of the Day: District Attorney in Riverside County, Calif., who is prosecuting seven people in connection with a case allegedly involving $500,000 in child care fraud – one of which allegedly used the money to take “exotic” vacations. The woman the article refers to […]
The State Budget Witching Hour Cometh
From JTF Monologue on TechLeader.TV on November 8, 2011: The so-called Witching Hour from Macbeth, to Washington Irving, to Wall Street has invoked a dreadful anxiety in anticipation of supernatural events. But the State of California faces its own very real witching hour next month […]
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, Secretary, California Technology Agency & State CIO, September 21, 2011, 11:30 AM PT
Next Program with Carlos Ramos Secretary California Technology Agency & State CIO Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Carlos Ramos TechLeader.TV will explore the Ramos vision for State IT: What’s the 100 day plan; are more organizational changes ahead; what are […]