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Minnesota Asks CMS to Explain by October 15 How It Flagged 870 Medicaid Providers as High Risk

Minnesota asked CMS to explain by Oct. 15 how it flagged 870 Medicaid providers as high risk. What is frozen and what patients should know.

Medical Daily · 5h ago

Trump administration opens investigation into Minnesota agency's affirmative action policy

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the Minnesota Department of Human Services over its newly updated affirmative action hiring policy

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025

List of child welfare research grants marked for termination in mistaken HHS email

An employee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent an email Wednesday that mistakenly included plans to terminate more than 150 research grants related to child and family well-being

The Independent UK · May 2, 2025

A state program is supposed to cover funeral expenses for murdered children. Lawmakers forgot to fund it.

There is hope that a solution will be found and Serabi Medina’s funeral will be covered by the state.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 11, 2023

Mississippi Supreme Court won't remove Favre from lawsuit over misspent welfare money

The Mississippi Supreme Court says it will not remove NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

Kathryn Campbell retaining Aukus role would be ‘insult’ to robodebt victims, crossbenchers say

Former head of the Department of Human Services faces calls to resign after royal commission findings

The Guardian - AU · Jul 8, 2023

PwC to repay $800,000 for work on robodebt after damning royal commission report

Embattled consulting firm also reveals it no longer employs partner involved in work on the scheme for the Department of Human Services

The Guardian - AU · Jul 8, 2023

All governments try to ‘manage’ stories – but with robodebt it became a stubborn refusal to admit the truth

The royal commission’s final report lays bare how ministers and officials frustrated honest questioning and used friendly media to spread misleading information

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2023

Former WWE Star Ted DiBiase Jr. Charged in Mississippi Welfare Scandal

He faces more than a dozen charges for stealing funds set aside for underprivileged families and low-income people in Mississippi.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 21, 2023

Melbourne woman placed in abusive foster home receives record $2.6m payout

A Melbourne woman has been awarded a record compensation payout for abuse she suffered while in foster care — with a family she says the department should never have left her with.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2023