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Provider closes due to Medicaid payment withholding
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Former social worker pleads ‘not guilty’ to Medicaid fraud
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New St. Cloud Store Supplying Seniors Tackles Falls That Send 12,000 to the Hospital
River’s Edge Convention Center — Reported Venue For Celebrate Aging Event. A new St. Cloud shop dedicated entirely to keeping older adults safe and steady on their feet is set to open inside the Music Mall at 619 West Saint Germain Street. Supplying Seniors, owned by longtime St. Cloud-area caregiver Abdikadir “Abdi” Abdinasir, focuses on senior home safety and mobility, and it's timing its debut with a free public event built around one of the most stubborn health risks facing older Minnesotans: falling.
MinnPost
Minnesota researchers tackle non-emergency medical transportation
As more rural hospitals close and access to healthcare clinics and physicians gets harder for rural residents, researchers in Duluth, Minnesota, are looking at the impact transportation has on rural healthcare. At the University of Minnesota Duluth, researchers and faculty members are working with the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission to...
northernnewsnow.com
Measles cases hit 36-year high in Minnesota; Northland providers stress vaccination
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - A deadly measles outbreak in Wisconsin and climbing case numbers in Minnesota are raising concerns closer to home. Minnesota and Wisconsin are seeing its highest number of measles cases in almost four decades—and health officials say the virus spreads quickly in communities where vaccination rates are low. Local providers are saying infants and school kids are especially vulnerable right now.
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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.
Sahan Journal
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 .