Tag: Medicaid
Report calls for action on fraudsters using dead people’s identities, stolen...
(The Daily Signal) -- Fraudsters using stolen Social Security numbers and dead people’s identities have collected millions from Medicaid and food stamps, a watchdog...
Minnesota extends Medicaid provider pause as fraud concerns reach US Senate
(The Center Square) – Minnesota is extending its pause on enrolling new providers in 12 high-risk Medicaid services as the state continues efforts to crack down...
Six Minnesotans charged in connection with nationwide $6.5 billion fraud crackdown
Six Minnesotans were charged in connection with the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) recent nationwide crackdown on health care fraud. That effort, dubbed the...
Minnesota resuming payments to Medicaid providers who appealed disenrollment
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) announced Wednesday that it would resume payments to disenrolled Medicaid providers in "high-risk" state programs if those...
Fraud crackdown disrupting rides to dialysis and chemotherapy in rural Minnesota,...
Just days after Alpha News reported that rural home care providers said Minnesota’s Medicaid revalidation process was shutting down legitimate agencies, non-emergency medical transportation...
Over 50% of Medicaid providers in ‘high-risk’ programs have been disenrolled...
More than 50% of providers enrolled in "high-risk" state-run, Medicaid-funded programs have been disenrolled since February, according to new figures from the Minnesota Department...
Caryn Sullivan: Medicaid fraud is not a victimless crime
When the Feds announced they were charging 15 individuals with Medicaid fraud last week, I wasn’t prepared for the rage that overcame me. I’m...
Unbridled spending: Billions for Medicaid expansion Congress never approved
The Biden administration may have failed to convince Congress to double Medicaid spending on home healthcare in 2021, but the funding increase occurred anyway.
An...
Trump admin pauses home health care enrollment to root out fraud
(The Daily Signal) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is pausing new Medicare enrollment for hospices and home health agencies for six...
Immigrant businessman who ‘went from bankruptcy to multimillions’ now under Medicaid...
A Cameroonian immigrant who built a multimillion-dollar home care empire in Minnesota and later shared his business playbook in a video titled “How to...