Tag: Fraud
GOP turns to Congress after Minnesota Dems block subpoena for Omar’s...
(The Center Square) – Minnesota House Republicans want help from U.S. congressional oversight leaders after Democrats on a state committee blocked an effort to subpoena...
Minnesota House passes landmark bill that would create independent office to...
Lawmakers in the Minnesota House of Representatives passed a landmark bill that would create an independent Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to investigate...
Minnesota committee fails to subpoena Omar after unanswered records request
(The Center Square) – Democrats on a Minnesota House committee refused to support a subpoena targeting U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar after Republicans accused her of...
Walz restructures DHS leadership; Republicans question timing
(The Center Square) – Gov. Tim Walz announced a leadership restructuring at the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) this week, framing the move...
EXCLUSIVE: Minnesota DHS aware of attempts to buy Medicaid program licenses...
Minnesota’s crackdown on fraud in human services has frozen new licenses and triggered raids. Now it may be doing something else: sparking demand for...
‘Admission of failure’: Republicans slam Klobuchar as she introduces plan to...
At a Sunday press conference, DFL gubernatorial candidate Amy Klobuchar unveiled her plan to fight fraud in Minnesota state government. That press event was...
Push to impeach Walz, Ellison ‘far from over,’ says Minnesota lawmaker
Minnesota Rep. Ben Davis says the push to impeach Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison may have stalled at the State Capitol,...
Medicaid withholds additional $91 million in funding for Minnesota
In his latest action targeting Minnesota fraud, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said his agency would delay...
Major anti-fraud proposal clears legislative hurdle despite opposition in committee
On Wednesday, lawmakers in the Ways and Means Committee of the Minnesota House of Representatives advanced SF 856, a bill that would establish an...
Over 40% of ‘high-risk’ Medicaid providers have been disenrolled during revalidation...
Earlier this year, the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) began reviewing every Medicaid provider enrolled in 13 "high-risk" welfare programs. Since that process...