Tag: Medicare
EXCLUSIVE: Autism center with little on-site activity received $2 million in...
As Minnesota reels from one fraud bombshell after another — autism therapy costs exploding into the hundreds of millions, a $100 million housing program...
State disenrolls 800 Medicaid providers, denies licenses to suspected fraudsters
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) announced last week that it has disenrolled about 800 Medicaid providers who had not billed for services...
Minnesota couple indicted in $15 million medical billing fraud scheme
A couple who previously lived in Eden Prairie, Minn., has been charged in a federal indictment unsealed on Wednesday, alleging a $15 million scheme...
Vaccine researcher raises questions about spike in deaths at local nursing...
A tech entrepreneur turned vaccine researcher, Steve Kirsch, joined Liz Collin on her podcast to talk about his report to a Minnesota police department...
The Healthy Skeptic: Where health care dollars go
Last week, I summarized part of the most recent annual report on national health spending. In this column, the focus is on where the...
The Healthy Skeptic: A look at national health spending
It is useful to understand past components of health spending from multiple perspectives, but it is even more important to examine where that spending...
Report: Erroneous Medicaid payments continue after pandemic, wasting billions
(Center of the American Experiment) — A new report released today from Center of the American Experiment exposes how federal policies implemented during the...
The Healthy Skeptic: Employers and consumers are getting ripped off by...
Spending for services at hospitals is a large portion of total U.S. health care spending, 42% of all costs for privately paid services. The...
Combined Social Security trust fund projected to deplete reserves by 2035
(The Center Square) -- Two reports released Monday show that the U.S. combined Social Security trust fund is projected to deplete its reserves by...
The Healthy Skeptic: More on Medicare’s financial woes
Almost all Americans over age 65 and many who are disabled depend on the Medicare program to pay for most of their health care...