Virginia Firm Wins Contract to Review WVa Health Agency

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia consulting agency has been awarded a contract to conduct a radical overview of West Virginia’s large well being company.

McChrystal Group LLC of Alexandria, Virginia, was amongst two bidders for the contract. The agency offered a value estimate of $503,648 for the Division of Well being and Human Sources’ organizational evaluation and $578,770 to develop a strategic plan.

The DHHR has a $7.6 billion funds, or 39% of the state’s complete spending. In late March, Gov. Jim Justice vetoed a invoice that may have cut up the DHHR into separate businesses.

In a press release issued Friday by the company, Justice mentioned, “I’m dedicated to creating our DHHR higher and stay up for participating with these nationwide consultants to finish the top-to-bottom overview, in order that we could clearly determine DHHR’s points and inefficiencies. We’d like to verify there is no such thing as a lapse in providers for our residents who depend on their assist.”

Some supporters of the failed invoice had mentioned it was lengthy overdue for such a big company and will have helped higher handle the state’s substance abuse disaster. West Virginia has the nation’s highest drug overdose dying price.

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