Gov. Tim Walz announced today, Governor Walz Orders Third-Party Audit of Medicaid Billing at DHS:Governor orders pause on all payments for 14 DHS Medicaid services until audit is complete. The…
Yesterday, former Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles published a commentary in the Minnesota Star Tribune under the headline, Former legislative auditor: Is the Walz administration finally awake about fraud? The recent…
But how much? Estimates range above $6 billion (with a “b”) just for the state Dept. of Human Services (DHS). “Health and human services” outpaces the general category of “education”…
Today’s fraud involves a program called “Integrated Community Supports” (ICS). For the record, is it, Do you really need to hear anything else? So, what is ICS? From DHS: Services…
“Minnesota officials alerted to housing fraud two years before indictment,” reads the headline this morning in the Minnesota Star Tribune. The “housing fraud” refers to the state Medicaid program Housing…
Joe Thompson, the Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, announced eight (8) criminal charges in the massive fraud involving the state’s Housing Stabilization Services program (HSS). Over the past 4 1/2…
Eric Grumdahl, Assistant Commissioner of the state Department of Human Services (DHS) became the first bureaucrat in the seven-year tenure of Gov. Tim Walz to be held accountable for the…
Alpha News reports: Minnesota DHS takes a step to improve background checks. It’s about time. The requirement will also apply to contractors, interns, volunteers, and existing employees with Criminal Justice…
The fraud-ridden Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program at the state Dept. of Human Services (DHS) was shut down late last month and payments to all program providers were stopped. When…