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An Iowa company that helps state and federal agencies with taxpayer-financed health care improvement programs is being sued for alleged sexual harassment.

Telligen Inc., of West Des Moines, which is under contract with the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help 14 states pursue various health care initiatives, is being sued by Trisha Boughn of Linn County. In part, the lawsuit alleges negligence in the hiring and supervision of Ricardo Berman, the company’s former state health solutions director.

“Berman harassed Trisha and other women on the team by asking them about their personal lives, showing them a seminude photo of his neighbor, suggesting they work in the nude, compl

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