Texas Comptroller To Lawmakers: End Accenture Contract

Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Texas Comptroller, chastised the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for its $800 million contract with Accenture, a group that administers Medicaid enrollment and other social services. Citing mismanagement, Stayhorn says the contract “must be ended.”

According to the Houston Chronicle, Accenture’s call centers experience computer glitches and lost and backlogged applications. Strayhorn, who is running for governor, asked lawmakers to transfer project management to a “special master reporting directly to the governor and legislative leaders.”

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