Minnesota fraud czar testifies at state capitol
Tim O’Malley, Gov. Tim Walz’s newly appointed Director of Program Integrity testified before the Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee on Monday morning.
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Tim O’Malley, Gov. Tim Walz’s newly appointed Director of Program Integrity testified before the Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee on Monday morning.
The first of five people charged with jury tampering and bribery in connection to Minnesota's Feeding Our Future scandal was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in prison.
Wednesday’s hearing marks the second time Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison testified before the House Oversight Committee.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison were called to testify at a House Oversight Committee hearing on fraud and the "misuse" of federal funds in the state.
The report comes just hours before Walz and Ellison are expected to testify before the committee.
Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison will testify before congress about fraud in the state on Wednesday, but they aren’t the only ones in the hot seat. Lawmakers will also hear from a clergy member about the impact of Operation Metro Surge. Ubah Ali spoke with her ahead of a big day in D.C.
A man who claimed to provide services for children with autism in Minnesota but instead raked in millions of dollars from fraudulent Medicaid billings pleaded guilty on Monday.
Thousands of Minnesotans enrolled in Medicaid take a total of millions of trips to their medical appointments each year through nonemergency medical transportation services, a federally required, taxpayer-funded program that's among more than a dozen others Minnesota determined to be at "high risk" for fraud.
Minnesota lawmakers say they want the state to shift gears on fraud and accelerate proposals that would prevent the problem in the first place. That includes a program designed to transport people to medical appointments. Caroline Cummings explains the risks and potential solutions.
The month of March will be a pivotal one as Minnesota attempts to emerge from the shadow of massive fraud.
The month of March will be a pivotal one as Minnesota attempts to emerge from the shadow of massive fraud.
March will be pivotal as Minnesotans attempt to emerge from the shadow of massive fraud. The federal government says it is withholding $259 million in Medicaid funding and that the state has 60 days to prove that it has rooted out fraud in existing programs. The commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Shireen Gandhi, joins Esme Murphy on WCCO Sunday Morning at 10:30 a.m.
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz laid out his anti-fraud legislative package on Thursday, one day after the White House paused $259 million in federal Medicaid payments to the state until a comprehensive action plan is laid out to fight fraud.
Another bitter back-and-forth between leaders in Minnesota and Washington after the Trump Administration announced it is withholding $259 million earmarked for Medicaid. They say it's an effort to fight fraud. But as Conor Wight explains, that fight over fraud could leave millions of Minnesotans in limbo.
The focus is back on Minnesota's fraud crisis.
The governor says this is his top priority from now until he leaves office.
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz plans to introduce an anti-fraud legislative package on Thursday — one day after Vice President JD Vance announced the federal government is temporarily halting $259 million in Medicaid funding to the state.
Fraudsters have stolen millions in taxpayer money in Minnesota, putting pressure on lawmakers to find fixes.
Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration will "temporarily halt" some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns.
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will press pause on about $260 million in Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns.
In his first State of the Union since returning to office, President Donald Trump spent just shy of two hours, addressing Congress about a wide range of topics. Some of those topics have direct ties to the North Star state.
Members of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee voiced their frustrations and concerns Monday as they work to tackle the crisis in the state's autism programs.
Feelings of frustration and fear today were shared at the Minnesota State Capitol about the fraud crisis in the state's autism programs. As Esme Murphy reports, a new push to try and fix the fraud could put critical services in question.
The man tasked by Gov. Tim Walz with investigating the causes of and solutions to Minnesota's ongoing fraud problem says the root of the issue goes back half a century, but the problems are fixable.
The man tasked by Gov. Tim Walz with investigating the causes of and solutions to Minnesota's ongoing fraud problem says the root of the issue goes back half a century, but the problems are fixable.
