State Auditor Says SWIF Gave Sweetheart Treatment to MedRisk

The Pennsylvania State Workers' Insurance Fund paid MedRisk $2.5 million to do work already being performed by state employees, eased contract provisions to the point that the procurement process was unfair to other vendors and created a risk of fraud by allowing MedRisk to review medical bills from medical providers in its own network, according to a performance audit released by Pennsylvania State Auditor General Jack Wagner on Wednesday.The report says SWIF didn't hold MedRisk accountable for its contracted work, had to pay $2.5 million in interest to medical providers because of un...