With Health Department News, Waves of Disbelief Roll Across State
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As the news rolled out Thursday that the Oklahoma State Department of Health never was insolvent, the reaction was a stunned disbelief. Then anger.
Q&A: What the Findings on State Health Department Mean, and What’s Next
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A multi-county grand jury and auditors served up plenty of answers about the financial crisis at the Oklahoma State Department of Health. But questions remained. Here are some of the answers.
Turmoil Continues at Health Department as Commissioner Abruptly Resigns
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The Oklahoma State Department of Health is looking for a new interim commissioner after Preston Doerflinger abruptly resigned Tuesday.
Exec Who Caught Health Department’s Problems Resigns, Citing Conflicts of Interest in Agency
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The chief financial officer of the state Health Department, who helped bring the agency’s accounting irregularities to light, abruptly resigned Thursday, citing conflicts of interest and a disagreement with the interim health commissioner.
Health Agency ‘Bloat’ Included Fallin Effort to Remake Public Health
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The Oklahoma State Department of Health and Gov. Mary Fallin set out to reshape strategies for markedly improving Oklahomans’ health. There was just one problem: The money to pay for them started to run out.
Oklahomans in Need Could Pay the Price for Health Department Crisis
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News about the financial crisis at the Oklahoma State Department of Health has focused lately on accounting schemes and questions of oversight. Getting less attention is what the debacle could mean for public health.
Health Department Records Show Allegations of Deliberate Deception
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Documents released Friday by the Oklahoma State Department of Health detail a number of alleged deceptions, including fraudulent budget reports to finance officials and omissions in reporting the agency’s financial position to the Legislature and the State Board of Health.
Where Were the Watchdogs in the Health Department Crisis?
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The cash crisis at the Oklahoma State Department of Health, which was years in the making, raises questions about which agencies and state officials could have caught the agency’s reported financial mismanagement.
Grand Jury Looks into Health Department Mismanagement as Lawmakers Widen Probe
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Hours after a grand jury met to look into allegations of financial mismanagement at the Oklahoma State Department of Health, lawmakers sent subpoenas to three of the state’s top budget officials. Meanwhile, the exodus of leadership at the Health Department continues in the wake of the agency’s sudden cash crunch.
Health Department Woes Enlarge State Budget Crisis
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Oklahoma lawmakers are being asked to approve $30 million in additional funding to help pay employees at the Oklahoma State Department of Health and stop the agency’s cash crunch, the interim health commissioner said Monday.