Analysts told the Daily Caller that the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) does not have the capacity to administer a $4 million grant it received from the Biden administration that it planned to use to advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) health care policies, which will end up being worse for patients.

According to the July report, MDH received a $4 million federal grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to fund implementation of the federal government's All-Payer Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) model, an “equitable” health plan. press release by the office of Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore.But parts of MDH's financial history have been “very bad for taxpayers,” according to Mark Joffe, a federalism and state policy analyst at the Cato Institute.

“MDH is ill-equipped to handle the funds and responsibilities it currently has, let alone another major endeavor,” Dan Savikas, policy director for the Taxpayer Protection Alliance, which reviewed an audit of MDH's financial reports, told the Daily Caller. “MDH is not a faithful steward of taxpayer dollars.” (RELATED: 'He's not here, you're here': CBS host Margaret Brennan slams Democratic governor for trying to defend Biden)

“The Moore-Miller Administration is committed to service, transparency, responsible stewardship of taxpayer money and following the law,” the Maryland Legislative Audit Office told the Daily Caller following the audit findings. The Maryland Legislative Audit Office said it was “deeply concerned” and provided assurances that the new leadership has implemented measures to “bring stability to these systems and restore confidence in them over the long term.”

One of the plan's main features is to “develop, attract and retain a diverse primary care workforce” andWe will leverage the opportunities presented by the AHEAD model to evolve how Maryland defines its equity-focused population health improvement strategy.” according to To apply for grants.

MDH oversees the Maryland Health Equity Commission, which allocates grant money to equitable health plans and will “provide $42 million over five years for long-term interventions to address social determinants of health,” according to the grant application.

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Joffe noted that other states have found problems managing their Medicaid plans, but no correlation has been established between Medicaid spending and health outcomes.

“The best predictor of clinical success is fitness, and focusing on race eliminates fitness and ultimately leads to poorer quality care for patients,” Dr. Ian Kingsbury, director of research at Do No Harm, told The Daily Caller.

Among the leaders of the health program are two senior officials: Surgeon General Laura Herrera Scott and Dr. Marie Grant, J.D. Grant application The report submitted by Maryland outlines the “key roles and resources essential to achieving the goals of the AHEAD model” that are part of MDH. (RELATED: Exclusive: University spent over $200,000 on 'diversity' course teaching doctors that medicine is racist)

Dr. Scott became director of MDH in March 2023. Since then, MDH management has come under intense scrutiny, with MDH’s laboratory management department understaffed and ““Serious incidents” of legal or procedural violationsAccording to June financial compliance audit From the Maryland General Assembly's Office of Legislative Audit (OLA).

Dr. Scott did not respond to The Daily Caller's request for comment by time of publication.

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“…the administration did not establish adequate controls over cash receivables and accounts receivable,” the audit report states. “This report contains findings about conditions that may be material deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls that could adversely affect the administration's ability to maintain reliable financial records, operate effectively and efficiently, and comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations.”

The June audit was just one of several previous audits of the department that have looked into MDH's “poor financial management.” Maryland Issues First reported.

MDH also found in an October 2023 report that it had “inadequate” record-keeping practices that may have led to millions of dollars being withheld from Medicare funds to pay people who were not enrolled in the program. audit release Maryland's OLA. The audit found that MDH maintained multiple accounts with “questionable balances,” one of which was in the red by a total of $1.1 billion.

“Given Maryland's history of managing federal funds, we should have been awarded almost no federal funding,” Savikas said.

The audit report found that the Maryland Department of Health had no procedures for verifying whether reimbursements for federal grants, including three federal grants totaling $10.2 billion, had been received. Although MDH's chief financial officer told auditors the grants had been verified, the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee said there was “no assurance” that Maryland had been reimbursed by the federal agency that provided the funds, namely Medicare.

“This is the worst audit I've ever seen,” said Democratic state Sen. Clarence Lamb, chairman of the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee. Maryland Issues of the October 2023 audit.

“Based on the results of past MDH audits, Maryland clearly should have been ineligible to receive the program's initial funding,” Savikas added.

Savikas said CMS's selection of Maryland as a pilot state for the AHEAD model shows that “taxpayer dollars need to have a bigger place in the allocation process.”

Grant, who serves as “AHEAD's Principal Investigator,” will serve as an independent consultant in 2022. According to CEO Action for Racial Equity: LinkedIn Profile. The organization calls racism a “public health crisis” and archive On their website.

Grant did not respond to multiple media inquiries from The Daily Caller about whether he supports the group's statement about the link between health and racism. Website After enquiring, the maintenance was mysteriously carried out.

“'Health equity' sounds innocuous, but it has generally come to mean a rejection of the traditional goal of equality of opportunity in favor of the differential allocation of privileges and resources.” “The reality is that the pandemic is going to continue,” Robert F. Grabois, an economist and health policy expert, told the Daily Caller. (Related article: Biden Health Department to introduce fairness requirements on transplant lists)

Graboyes noted that the AHEAD model plan is still new and it is “too early” to detail the specific impacts that its implementation may have.

Many UCLA medical students are unable to pass a “basic medical competency test” because the university prioritizes diversity over qualifications and merit, a faculty whistleblower said. Said The Washington Free Beacon reported in May that whistleblowers said race-based college admissions policies, such as affirmative action, were the “cause” of the rejection rate.

We recently found out that UCLA medical students are failing their proficiency exams at an alarming rate. Now we've found out that the UCLA School of Medicine is paying first-year students to write materials for their required “Structural Racism and Health Equity Course.” They're tampering with the curriculum. https://t.co/ydAabAxQ4S pic.twitter.com/FmXZDQ8ve2

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According to a press release, the AHEAD model is scheduled to come into effect on January 1, 2026.