Tag: Minnesota Department of Human Services
Industry leader sounds alarm on fraud in Minnesota transportation program: ‘This...
Minnesota's expansive -- and expensive -- taxpayer-funded transportation system is drawing renewed attention after an industry leader said rides in the state’s Non-Emergency Medical...
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...
State employee who vandalized Teslas suspended for 1 day, was ‘on...
New records show a Minnesota state employee who admitted to keying multiple Teslas across Minneapolis received just a one-day suspension for his actions and...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘You need a better job’: Worker at seemingly empty adult...
As Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison prepare to testify before Congress Wednesday on fraud and the misuse of federal funds in...
Fraud prevention report says state agency explicitly ’emphasized compassion over compliance’
A new report released Monday on Minnesota’s fraud crisis describes how the state Department of Human Services (DHS) “emphasized compassion over compliance” when administering...
Walz administration claims fraud in Minnesota is not ‘uniquely bad’
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) published a so-called "fact check" this week which attempted to "correct misleading information and outright false claims...
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...
UPDATE: Data shows millions more paid to Minnesota care providers cited...
Minnesota’s Department of Human Services has now provided payment totals showing that just three care providers — which seemed largely empty when Alpha News...
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...
Congress hears from Minnesota investigator, provider on fraud scandal as state...
Lawmakers on Wednesday heard testimony from an investigator, a watchdog and a frontline provider who said government inaction, political pressure and weak oversight allowed...