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Minnesota's spending doubled across 14 Medicaid programs at "high risk' of fraud in past 5 years
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (1253+ words) Minnesota's spending across 14 Medicaid programs more than doubled in the five years before the Walz administration deemed them "high risk" for fraud, waste and abuse "and began taking drastic measures to rein in spending. Total spending across the programs, which…...
Minnesota nursing home workers will have to wait for raises because state dropped the ball on paperwork
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (690+ words) Unprecedented minimum wages for thousands of workers in Minnesota nursing homes had been set to go into effect Jan. 1." But adoption of this new law is indefinitely delayed. The reason is that the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has…...
Minnesota's Affordable Care Act marketplace is about to become unaffordable. What happened?
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1742+ words) Beki Cook was diagnosed with hereditary angioedema in 2019, a condition in which her tongue can swell to the point where she can't breathe." Luckily for Cook, in 2020 the Food and Drug Administration approved the prescription drug Orladeyo, an oral capsule…...