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Former AG Hunter faces lawsuit from a Stitt cabinet member. (KOSU)
Another high profile figure in the Stitt Administration is leaving his post. (NewsOK)
Tulsa approves apology for the 1921 Race Massacre. (Tulsa World)
Lawsuit over Race Massacre seeks restoration of prosperity in north Tulsa. (Tulsa World)
Greenwood Rising opens to the public next month. (Tulsa World)
The Reverend Jesse Jackson talks about serving “unconditionally” (Tulsa World)
The state’s Provisional Death Count from COVID-19 increases by two to 8,474. (KOSU)
State Health Department plans texting campaign over vaccines. (NewsOK)
Two major health groups resolve their differences in a dispute over insurance costs. (KOSU)
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Oklahoma s outdated public health laboratory has been a thorn in state officials’ sides for decades. The Stitt Administration announced in October it would construct a new one, but the plan immediately proved controversial. It involved moving the lab out of Oklahoma City’s biomedical hub and to Stillwater. Since then, the lab has outsourced several critical tests to out-of-state labs, and its director has resigned.
Top health department officials held a briefing Tuesday, where they announced a few tests are moving to the Stillwater lab. Today, we are officially bringing newborn screening and COVID-19 testing fully in-house at the new Stillwater Lab location, Deputy Commissioner of Health Travis Kirkpatrick said.
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Under the Stitt Administration’s managed care plan, Oklahoma would shift $2 billion in Medicaid funding to four private insurance companies, which would then coordinate care for most of the state’s Medicaid enrollees. Those contracts have been awarded, and enrollment is slated for the fall.
The plan, named SoonerSelect, has many opponents, including most of the state’s medical trade groups. Those groups filed a lawsuit against the state’s Medicaid agency in February, arguing the executive branch didn’t have the legislative authority it needed to implement the program.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday evening, agreeing with those medical groups, stating the program and its contracts to the insurance companies are legally invalid.