US EditionProjecting and Protecting: Legislators Look at Medicaid Fraud, Cuts
MINNESOTA, JUL 8 – The committee examined nearly 1,000 potential Medicaid fraud cases risking $500 million in lost federal funding and impacting 150,000 healthcare recipients, officials said.
- The Department of Human Services oversees $18.5 billion in Medicaid dollars, also referred to as Medical Assistance in Minnesota, according to Minnesota Management and Budget.
- DHS Inspector General James Clark reported a 2.2% rate of improper payments within this Medicaid funding.
- Representative Emma Greenman stated that Medicaid fraud concerns are related to providers, not individual eligibility issues.
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Minnesota lawmakers add new fraud defenses, leaving others for future consideration - Albert Lea Tribune
By Dana Ferguson, Minnesota Public Radio News For the first time in a month, there was again legislative activity at the state Capitol as a House committee met Tuesday to talk about safeguards for Medicaid. Three weeks after the fatal shooting of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and the wounding of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, state lawmakers got back to business. Rep. Kristin Robbins, who chairs the House Fraud Prevention and State…
Duluth News Tribune
Minnesota House Fraud Committee homes in on Medicaid fraud
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee held a hearing on Tuesday, July 8, where representatives grilled Department of Human Services leadership on Medicaid fraud and how the agency oversees it. DHS currently oversees $18.5 billion in Medicaid dollars, also known as Medical Assistance in Minnesota, according to Minnesota Management and Budget. Of the $18.5 billion, there is a 2.2% rate of improper pay…
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