Tag: Medicaid
Walz administration failed to produce Medicaid eligibility report, flouting state law
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has failed to produce a report which documents the number of people who have been removed from...
GOP senator blasts Walz’s new proposal as ‘another attempt to paper...
Gov. Tim Walz announced a proposal Tuesday that his office touted as a "major structural overhaul" of Minnesota’s human services system in an effort...
Democrats block legislation to clean Medicaid rolls, remove eligibility for noncitizens
Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives blocked legislation that would clean state Medicaid rolls, remove Medicaid eligibility for noncitizens, and codify Medicaid work...
Just 6 of 500 state autism providers have sought to comply...
As Minnesota finally moves to rein in an autism services program beset by accusations of fraud, lawmakers learned that nearly no one is rushing...
Legislators advance bill to formally strip fraud-riddled program from state law
The 2026 legislative session has gotten off to a fast start this week. One of the first orders of business? Formally deleting a fraud-riddled...
Pair of ‘fraud tourists’ plead guilty in $3.5 million Medicaid fraud...
Two men from Pennsylvania charged with defrauding Minnesota's Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program have each pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. The...
Third-party analysis flags 90% of past claims submitted to Minnesota autism...
A review of billing data from a state-run, Medicaid-funded autism program found that 90% of claims submitted to the program in the past four...
Walz administration gives potentially fraudulent Medicaid providers advance notice of site...
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) is performing unannounced site visits on more than 5,800 Medicaid providers in the state. The problem? DHS...
Minnesota whistleblowers say leaders rejected years of fraud warnings in new...
(The Center Square) -- Claims from current and former Minnesota state employees that have been vetted by state lawmakers allege their bosses ignored and...
Mass resignations leave questions about government’s ability to prosecute fraud in...
Under Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota has developed a national reputation for its failure to stop the large-scale welfare fraud that has occurred in the...