Judge orders rebidding for Kentucky Medicaid contracts

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge says he found multiple flaws in the state’s bidding process for $8 billion in state Medicaid business. The Courier Journal reports that the judge tossed out contracts awarded to six health insurance companies. Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd ordered the state to rebid the entire package. In his order issued Wednesday, he said the flaws “cast a cloud over the process’s legitimacy.” This would make the third time Kentucky will have to seek bids for the contracts. The contracts are for outside companies to manage health care for people covered by Medicaid.