Wipro sues State of Nebraska for $15.5M |
India-based Wipro Limited sued the state of Nebraska following the government canceling an $84 million Medicaid eligibility and enrollment system upgrade in December after about $6 million in state tax dollars had been spent on the project. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Wipro, which has a U.S. headquarters in New Jersey, sued the state, saying Nebraska failed to pay $15.5 million for work done before the project was halted in September. In a lawsuit filed in Lancaster County District Court, Wipro is also seeking $3 million in lost revenue from the state, as well as $11.9 million in damages done to its reputation, the report said. Last year, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services said it ordered a review of the project that began in 2014 to bring the state in line with Affordable Care Act standards after a manager on the project retired, according to the publication.In September, DHHS issued a cease-and-desist letter to Wipro, ordering it to stop work on the upgrade to the state`s Medicaid enrollment system, and to vacate its state offices, it said.
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