State health department general counsel no longer employed at agency, spokesman confirms
Donald Maisch’s exit is at least the fourth high-ranking health department employee to leave the agency since Monday.
Kassie McClung October 31, 2017
Donald Maisch’s exit is at least the fourth high-ranking health department employee to leave the agency since Monday.
Kassie McClung October 27, 2017
I am begging them. They need to compromise.” — Jill Young, program chief of outpatient services for Family & Children’s Services
Kassie McClung October 18, 2017
For Family & Children’s Services, the cuts would be “catastrophic.” The organization provides treatment for almost 18,000 adults with serious mental illness and 4,200 children with behavioral disorders health every year.
For the Frontier Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter with Reveal October 18, 2017
“He said, ‘Look, I have a couple of them in my area. Would you mind exempting them?’ ” recalled Republican Rep. Dale Derby, who sponsored the bill. “I wasn’t aware that he was on the board. I wouldn’t have done it.”
Kassie McClung October 16, 2017
The new report found facility deficiencies only at a “standard” level, which are typically considered to be minor. This means the Health Department now recognizes the facility to be in compliance with agency standards.
Whether the report’s findings will affect the facility’s prospects of getting its Medicaid contract back is unclear.
Kassie McClung October 10, 2017
The lawsuit alleges CAAIR and Simmons Food violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, Oklahoma Protection of Labor Act, Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act and Oklahoma’s Human Trafficking statutes.
Kassie McClung September 28, 2017
The department may eliminate walk-in clinics and instead make them appointment-only, regionalize some clinic services to the larger counties, and reduce the number of days the clinics are open.
Kassie McClung September 27, 2017
“I’ll just speak candid, we have about 13 paid tobacco lobbyists working that cabinet,” said Terry Cline “They don’t care that it’s killing 7,000 Oklahomans every single year because it’s money in their pocket.”
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