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140K Minnesotans could lose Medicaid coverage under new federal rules

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Minnesota Reformer

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What’s going on with Minnesota Medicaid funding? (reprise)

The Trump administration recently said it’s permanently denying over $112 million of Medicaid money to Minnesota, part of the $259 million it had threatened to claw back in February. The denied payments are for services provided from July 2025 to September 2025 and have largely been paid out. Minnesota will now be on the hook […]

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COLLAPSE OF CARE: Inside Minnesota's Medicaid Fraud Crisis

Minnesota · 20h

Main Street Dollars

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UnitedHealthcare and Humana Medicare Advantage members lose M Health Fairview, White River, Fred Hutch and St. Vincent hospitals in four states on Jan. 1

Four hospital systems in four states have told Medicare Advantage members that they will be out of network on Jan. 1, 2027. M Health Fairview in Minnesota, White River Health in Arkansas and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Washington are leaving UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage plans. St. Vincent Health in Colorado is leaving Humana’s. The timing […]

Minnesota · 3d

Main Street Dollars

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UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members are set to lose Lee Health in Southwest Florida and M Health Fairview in Minnesota on Jan. 1 unless they switch plans by Dec. 7

Medicare Advantage members who have UnitedHealthcare plans are set to lose two large health systems on Jan. 1, 2027: Lee Health in Fort Myers, Florida, and M Health Fairview in Minnesota. People in those plans who want to keep seeing the same hospitals and doctors have until Dec. 7 to move to a plan that […]

Fort Myers, FL · 1d

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Certified Nurse Practitioner Sara Martin set to care for patients in Glenwood and Brooten

(Glenwood, MN)--Certified Nurse Practitioner Sara Martin will begin caring for patients at both Glenwood and Brooten Medical Centers. She brings more than 20 years of nursing experience, including work in large metro hospitals and rural healthcare. Martin completed her Master of Science in Nursing at Presentation College in Aberdeen, SD,...

Glenwood, MN · 1d

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Southern Minnesota seniors get free medical rides via SMART grant

AUSTIN, Minn. — SMART, the public transit system serving Southeastern Minnesota, has been awarded more than $45,000 in grants to help residents access medical care and essential services. Mayo Clinic Health System awarded SMART a $29,000 Impact Grant through its Community Giving Program to support free transportation for seniors...

Austin, MN · 23h

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'We feel blindsided': Minnesota seniors navigate unexpected Medicare cost increases

Steve Myhro, 71, and his wife, Sarah, 68, moved from Rochester to Nisswa a year and a half ago to be closer to family. He is a retired history and government teacher and she is a professional violinist. But the couple's new life in Crow Wing County has brought an...

Minnesota · 1d

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This housing program collapsed as fraud concerns rose. Disability advocates say it's left a gap

ListenThis housing program collapsed as fraud concerns rose. Disability advocates say it's left a gap. Dionne Swanson has always wanted an art studio. For nearly two decades, the 50-year-old has been trying to move out of her group home and into her own apartment to give her more space to do just that.

Minnesota · 1d

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St. Paul Social Worker, 74, Pleads Not Guilty in $7.7M Autism Medicaid Fraud Scheme

A 74-year-old social worker from St. Paul pleaded not guilty to federal Medicaid fraud charges tied to alleged $7.7 million in false claims connected to autism services billed across more than a dozen Minnesota providers. Prosecutors allege Ravits made false certifications on treatment plans. Ravits was charged Oct. 22 with...

Minnesota · 6d

Minnesota Reformer

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3M settles chemical contamination claims for $7.35 billion, while admitting no guilt

3M, which is responsible for widespread groundwater contamination from so-called forever chemicals in the eastern Twin Cities metro, will pay $7.35 billion to settle the vast majority of outstanding personal injury claims against it. The Minnesota corporate behemoth and a group of plaintiffs’ lawyers announced the settlement on Tuesday. As many as 120,000 people who […]

Minnesota · 8d

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Former St. Paul social worker pleads 'not guilty' to Medicaid fraud

Seventy-four-year-old Emily Ravits pleaded not guilty to Medicaid fraud in federal court Friday. Ravits was a social worker from Saint Paul whom prosecutors say served as a "Qualified Supervising Professional or "QSP" for 14 different Autism services (EIDBI) providers. She is charged with conspiracy to defraud and making false statements related to health care for signing autism treatment plans for kids she never met and whose autism services may not have been medically necessary.

St Paul, MN · 7d

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Justices: Hospital room number is health record under state law

Minnesota Supreme Court held that a patient’s hospital room number and status as a patient qualify as a health record under the Minnesota Health Records Act. The ruling stemmed from Allina Health‘s disclosure of Justin Holtzbauer’s hospital location after he opted out of the facility directory. Holtzbauer...

Minnesota · 7d

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News Minneapolis-St. Paul MN

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Provider closes due to Medicaid payment withholding

Minnesota · 7d

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Court of Appeals reinstates conviction in 7.2 million dollar Medicaid fraud scheme

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reinstated a jury’s guilty verdict against Abdifatah Abdulkadir Yusuf in a $7.2 million Medicaid fraud case, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Monday. The appellate ruling overturns a previous decision by the Hennepin County District Court, which had...

Minnesota · 18d

Sahan Journal

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Residents of St. Paul’s West Side fight for cleaner air, safer streets in industrial neighborhood

Residents live cheek and jowl with heavy industry along the Mississippi River in St. Paul’s Southport neighborhood, and are pushing for better conditions and more awareness. The post Residents of St. Paul’s West Side fight for cleaner air, safer streets in industrial neighborhood appeared first on Sahan Journal .

St Paul, MN · 18d

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Social worker charged with helping Minnesota autism centers commit fraud

MINNEAPOLIS — The latest federal indictment in Minnesota related to Medicaid fraud doesn't charge owners of allegedly fraudulent autism clinics, but rather one of the people who allegedly made that fraud possible. 74-year-old Emily Ravits was a social worker from Saint Paul whom prosecutors say served as a "Qualified...

Minnesota · 17d

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Black Minnesotans rally for affordable, equitable health care

Black Minnesotans gathered Wednesday, two weeks before the midterm elections, to call for a stronger, more equitable health care system and urge elected officials to address barriers to affordable, quality care. The rally, titled “Our Lives, Not Their Profits,” was organized by Faith in Minnesota and held Oct. 21 at...

Minnesota · 19d

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Court reinstates guilty verdict in $7.2 million Medicaid fraud case

Minnesota’s Court of Appeals reinstated a guilty verdict in a $7.2 million Medicaid fraud case on Monday, sending the case back for resentencing.

Minnesota · 18d