Jaclyn Kiger, executive director of Pisgah Legal Services, which has been a subcontractor for the Medicaid Ombudsman program, said she worries the change will mean cuts to the program’s badly needed services. Pisgah Legal Services employed nine people as a subcontractor under the Medicaid Ombudsman program. All told, the cuts represent about a 10 percent staff decrease for the staff of roughly 130 at Pisgah Legal, Kiger said. NCDHHS asked lawmakers for $115 million for the Oversight Fund but received only $82 million, creating a $33 million shortfall. “The Department greatly appreciates your partnership and willingness to support the beneficiaries of the NC Medicaid Program,” the letter said.