Slow motion Medicaid wreck

June 2011: Bobby Jindal crams Bruce Greenstein into the office of Secretary of Health and Hospitals despite controversy stemming from obvious conflicts of interest.

The confirmation of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein ran into trouble Wednesday in a Louisiana Senate committee after he acknowledged that his former employer had won a $34 million contract to process state Medicaid claims. 

July 2012: It's looking even obviouser.

Greenstein said he distanced himself from the contract award process. But Greenstein said he suggested a change in the solicitation requests that made CNSI eligible to participate. He said it was aimed at getting more competition, not to help his former firm.

In its latest filing, Molina alleges that DHH’s “solicitation for proposals” violated federal civil rights law by disqualifying certain people from performing work.

March 2013: Federal grand jury gets involved.

This afternoon: Bye, now.

The head of the state department overseeing Louisiana's publicly-run hospitals and other health concerns resigned on Friday. Bruce Greenstein's run as Secretary of Health and Hospitals will end May 1, according to a statement from Gov. Bobby Jindal's office. Greenstein's bow-out follows the state's move to cancel a Medicaid contract that came under federal investigation.