How Minnesota’s Somali fraud industrial complex has stolen millions from Medicaid

Medicaid, one of the oldest forms of public assistance susceptible to scams, has long been a cash cow for Somali fraudsters ...
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSN

DOJ sending more prosecutors to MN for fraud investigations

Attorney General Pam Bondi is sending a team of prosecutors to Minnesota to reinforce the state's U.S. Attorney’s Office in ...

Somali ambassador to UN is linked to shady Ohio health care company in Medicaid fraud scandal: HHS official

The UN ambassador is listed as having served as “Managing Director” of Progressive Health Care Services from 2014 until May ...
Veuer on MSN

Minnesota strips 800 providers from Medicaid in sweeping fraud investigation

Minnesota state officials have begun systematically removing inactive providers from the Medicaid program, starting with ...
Independent Journal Review

HHS Says Somalia’s UN Ambassador Tied To Company Accused Of Medicaid Fraud

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Monday that Somalia’s top diplomat to the United Nations has ties ...
KVRR

Feds freeze Medicaid funds in Minnesota and four other states over fraud concerns

The Trump Administration is withholding funding for Medicaid programs in Minnesota and four other states over concerns about fraud. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the ...

Medicaid fraud is a problem. But so is a lack of understanding about the program. (Editorial)

Medicaid has expanded dramatically since the pandemic, and we firmly believe that abuse must be stamped out and costs kept ...

Editorial: Rampant fraud is undermining faith in government. Gov. Tim Walz was right to exit.

Public trust is hard to build and easy to lose, and Minnesota shows what happens when oversight failures are allowed to ...
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSN

Trump admin to audit Minnesota Medicaid receipts, defer payment to 14 programs

In a letter to Gov. Tim Walz, Dr. Oz said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will start auditing Minnesota ...

Red state governor touts Medicaid savings as Minnesota grapples with widespread fraud allegations

Minnesota faces a massive Medicaid fraud crisis with losses allegedly topping $9 billion since 2018 while Indiana showcases ...

Minnesota's new Medicaid fraud prevention fix won't make 'any difference,' former FBI agent says

Minnesota adds new Medicaid fraud verification after alleged $9B+ taxpayer losses since 2018, but former FBI agent says one ...

Fraud likely exceeds $9 billion in Minnesota-run Medicaid services

Providers in 14 “high-risk,” state-run Medicaid programs being audited by the state have billed $18 billion since 2018, with ...