Raimondo Faults Vendor Deloitte For Delivering "Defective" UHIP System
Governor Gina Raimondo on Wednesday blamed state vendor Deloitte for delivering what she called a defective IT system for administering human service benefits. Raimondo also apologized to Rhode Islanders for ongoing problems with the Unified Health Infrastructure Project system.
During a media briefing, Raimondo said she would not have approved launching UHIP last September if she knew it was so flawed. She said Deloitte bears the responsibility for delivering what she called a substandard product.
"We paid them a lot of money, we didn’t get what we paid for," Raimondo said. "And they represented to us that it was in much better shape than in fact it was: defective functionality, incomplete interfaces, engines that still aren’t working."
A report by Eric Beane, acting director of the state Department of Human Services, outlines what has happened since UHIP was launched and faults Deloitte. It also lays out a series of short-, medium- and long-term steps for responding to the situation.
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