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Massive Medicaid fraud scheme puts Minnesota’s federal funding at risk — and fallout could widen
Minnesota faces potential federal Medicaid funding cuts over alleged fraud schemes, amid multiple ongoing investigations into the matter.
Federal prosecutors have unveiled charges against six more people accused of defrauding programs in Minnesota — adding to a scandal that has ensnared over 90 people..
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Minnesota advocates react to Trump’s plan to federally defund gender-affirming care for minors
Under the administration’s proposal, hospitals that provide such care would lose vital Medicare and Medicaid dollars.
The state's Department of Human Services says this move will “strengthen the integrity of Minnesota’s Medicaid programs and services."
Asha Farhan Hassan, who was the first person to be charged in a $14 million scheme to defraud a Medicaid autism program and who stole $465,000 from an initiative to feed children in need, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in Minnesota on Thursday. The 28-year-old will be sentenced later.