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State attorney general asks public input on deal to merge Allina Health with California company
12+ hour, 44+ min ago (235+ words) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is asking for public input on a proposed deal that would merge Minneapolis-based Allina Health with one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country. California-based Sutter Health and Allina announced the intended merger…...
Road to ending $243 M Medicaid pause could be "quite long, MN official says
1+ week, 1+ day ago (786+ words) Weeks after the Trump administration approved Minnesota's plan to address Medicaid fraud, it's still unclear when the federal government will restore access to the quarter-billion dollars it is withholding from the state. Minnesota continues to reimburse providers for health care…...
Feds approve state efforts to meet anti-fraud requirements on Medicaid
4+ week, 4+ hour ago (776+ words) Trump administration officials have approved a Minnesota Department of Human Services plan to address fraud in state programs. It should free up hundreds of millions in Medicaid funding that the federal government moved to temporarily withhold. The Centers for Medicare…...
Victims of Woodbury dentist first to receive restitution from new state account
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (420+ words) Victims of a Woodbury dentist who went bankrupt after continuing to practice without a license will be among the first consumers in the state to receive restitution under a new state fund. The restitution for more than 300 victims could run…...
What Americans are giving up to afford ACA health insurance, according to a new poll
4+ week, 1+ day ago (665+ words) Sometimes I don't even take my medicine," said the 48-year-old truck dispatcher in Orlando, Florida. It's so much with insurance, it's crazy." For Brown and others, those spiking costs are having real impacts on daily life. Of the 1, 117 Americans surveyed…...
End of enhanced Obamacare subsidies puts tribal health lifeline at risk
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (982+ words) By Katheryn Houghton, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, KFF Health News Leonard Bighorn said his mother tried for two years to get help for severe stomach pain through the limited health services available near her home on the Fort Peck Reservation in…...
Eagan: Developers eye former Blue Cross Blue Shield HQ site
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (578+ words) New plans for the old Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota headquarters in Eagan are in early planning stages, according to the 55-acre site's co-developers. Real estate developers Opus of Minnetonka and Capital Partners of Edina are working together…...
Audit: Changing procedures may safeguard $1 billion in MN Medicaid programs
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (738+ words) A third-party audit assessing Minnesota Medicaid programs at high risk for fraud found the state could safeguard $1 billion in the next four years by changing its policies on payment reviews. But the changes that could result in those savings for…...
Final day to select ACA health plans arrives in most states, with no subsidy deal yet
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (299+ words) That's when the open enrollment window ends in most states for plans that start in February. About 10 statesthat run their own marketplaces have later deadlines, or have extended them to the end of the month to give their residents more…...
Minnesota freezes provider enrollment for 13 Medicaid programs over fraud risk
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (540+ words) Minnesota's Department of Human Services is pausing new provider enrollments in 13 Medicaid-funded services administered by the state as the agency works with the federal government to address fraud concerns in high-risk programs. The agency announced the new step on Thursday....