The Pioneer Press reports federal officials are looking into whether a state agency wrongly received federal funds in the course of operating the state's Medical Assistance insurance program.
The principal said Friday she had been fired from her role over her support of a student protest.
The crash occurred on Highway 169 early Sunday morning.
All backcountry trails and campsites are closed, as well as many frontcountry sites.
Lawmakers announced they had reached a deal on a tax bill Saturday ahead of the looming session deadline.
The two men died after a hail of bullets struck a vehicle.
The noise was investigated by police, but no source could be determined.
Cases, hospitalizations and deaths are on the rise again as new COVID variants emerge.
White Castle — it's what a man in Minneapolis and another in Woodbury, crave.
The crash occurred when the driver fled police during an attempted traffic stop in Coon Rapids.
The kindergartner's father was trying to get full custody of his son.
"It is horrifying and difficult to process a tragedy of this magnitude, especially in our close-knit community," the superintendent wrote.
Add the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the list of federal agencies investigating the Medicaid program in Minnesota. The agency that runs the federal government's two key health insurance programs wants answers to questions about how Minnesota sets payment rates for managed care organizations in the state's Medicaid program.
Minnesota is the first state to gain federal approval of a new system of paying hospitals and clinics that treat Medicaid patients. Officials say the system will reward providers that keep patients healthier and cut costs. When hospitals succeed in saving the taxpayer-funded program money, some of the savings will be shared with the hospitals.
Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate have asked for more information from Minnesota about its Medicaid program. State Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson already traveled to Capitol Hill to testify in person as Congress looks into possible overpayments. The insurance program for low-income Minnesotans is run jointly by the state and federal governments.
The number of Minnesotans on Medicaid shot up at nearly twice the national rate over the past two years, while state costs soared by 40 percent to surpass $4 billion for the first time. There now are about 733,000 Minnesotans in the state-federal health insurance program for the poor -- called Medical Assistance in Minnesota -- an increase of 125,000 in two years, according to a new federal study.
Congress is seeking more information and documents from state officials into whether four HMOs artificially inflated Medicaid costs to illegally receive federal matching dollars.
For the second year, the list of medical conditions that qualify for marijuana use is growing.
The Star Tribune takes a look at where Minnesota's Board of Medical Practice falls short compared with regulators in other states. The paper says the board does not disclose malpractice information, though this data is readily available in many other states. In fact, patients sometimes find they can learn more about doctors practicing in Minnesota by querying agencies in other states where the same physicians are registered.
A new federal analysis of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and other medical providers ranks Minnesota's health care system the best in the U.S. The Star Tribune reports the state was first in care at medical clinics, fourth in care at hospitals, eighth in nursing homes, but 43rd in home health care. Wisconsin fell to second after it was ranked first last year. Iowa ranked sixth, North Dakota eighth and South Dakota 11th.
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