How Medicaid Fraud Schemes Targeted Minnesota
Officials say nearly 5,600 providers are being revalidated as Minnesota tries to protect more than $2 billion in federal Medicaid funding.
- The Minnesota Department of Human Services is extending its freeze on enrolling new Medicaid providers in 12 high-risk service categories for at least another six months as officials continue a federally required revalidation process.
- Persistent fraud allegations, including so-called "fraud-tourism" operations, prompted the state's crackdown; federal prosecutors have charged 30 people since September for alleged theft totaling $125 million.
- Spending on the Housing Stabilization Services program grew from a projected $2.6 million at launch to more than $105 million annually by 2024, with prosecutors alleging that businesses billed for services never provided.
- "We still have a lot of work to do to verify the providers we have before we begin accepting new applications," temporary DHS Commissioner John Connolly said, while allowing for potential moratorium exceptions.
- State officials warn Minnesota could risk losing more than $2 billion in federal Medicaid funding if the revalidation plan remains incomplete, as the state addresses vulnerabilities experts describe as "industrial scale.
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Duluth News Tribune
How Medicaid fraud schemes targeted Minnesota
Since last year, federal prosecutors have charged 30 people in cases totaling another $125 million in alleged theft in federal Medicaid dollars from state programs.
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Minnesota extends pause on new Medicaid providers in 12 high-risk services
ST. PAUL—The State of Minnesota is extending its pause on enrolling new Medicaid providers in 12 high-risk service categories for at least another six months as officials continue a federally required review of existing providers.
Hanford Sentinel
Here’s how Medicaid fraud schemes targeted Minnesota
Four years after Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future fraud scandal emerged, theft from government programs has become impossible for state leaders to ignore as allegations continue to arise. Even after the initial pandemic-era meal fraud cases involving more than $250 million…
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