OHA Seeks $7.4 Million From Service Provider for Pandemic Surge Staffing and Mobile Vaccination Clinics

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) that paid $375 million to a Colorado-based contractor who provided surge staffing and mobile vaccination clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic is suing for $7.4 million back for accidental overpayments.

In a lawsuit filed at Marion County Circuit Court, the OHA claims that it has approached Jogan Health on four occasions since the overpayments were brought to its attention in April 2022.

The papers allege that Jogan Health repeatedly failed ‘to submit accurate and/or substantial invoices for services performed or allegedly performed.’

The $7.4 million repayment ‘is a fraction of the $375 million that the OHA paid Jogan Health,’ says Senior Assistant Attorney General Shidon Aflatooni in the lawsuit filed last Friday.

Although the costs incurred for the public health emergency could have been covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the OHA cannot claim because Jogan Health never submitted proper invoices for the $7.4 shortfall.

But the Service Provider Disagrees

But Jogan Health disagrees.

In a statement, CEO Dan Dietrich says the company has ‘a legitimate counterclaim’ for unpaid costs involved with the deployment and transport of hundreds of workers to and from clinics. Jogan Health was also owed overtime payments to provide emergency staffing at the Oregon State Hospital.

Surge staffing was provided by the company at nearly 200 locations for which it is owed $10 million. The payment date is past due, and the company continues to seek fair payment for these services, says Dietrich.

‘Despite unfounded claims,’ Dietrich says Jogan Health never refused to repay funds owed to the state of Oregon.