Health Costs and Insurance

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (193+ words) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth issued a sharp critique of state leadership today following the release of a new report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor regarding state payments to assisted living facilities. According…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (111+ words) Minnesota’s minimum wage standards for nursing home workers in effect Sept. 10 southwestvoices.news Minnesota’s minimum wage standards for nursing home workers in effect Sept. 10 Minimum wage standards for nursing home workers across Minnesota take effect Sept. 10, 2026, following federal approval of…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (456+ words) Medicaid changes are raising concerns about long-term financial pressure on Tribal health organizations, even as Minnesota begins distributing millions of dollars through a new federal program to transform rural health care. The federal Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), created in…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (127+ words) (ABC 6 News) — A new audit is sounding the alarm over missing factors in the Minnesota Department of Human Services’ report cards for assisted living facilities. The report cards can be used by families to help use looking to find an…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (822+ words) Few humanitarian groups have spoken publicly about the global gag rules. Norwegian People’s Aid will turn down millions in US government funding due to wide-reaching restrictions on reproductive health and equity, the mine action group announced, in a rare example…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (667+ words) Helen Mader is the chief executive of Behavior Frontiers, a Coon Rapids-based company that helps children with autism, including those who come from low-income families and enroll in Medicaid for their health insurance. Mader is caught in a cruel administrative…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (275+ words) "I think the least we can do is making sure that they have better working conditions" Minnesota nursing home workers are getting a pay raise starting Thursday. The state's minimum wage standards received federal approval last month, meaning thousands of…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (382+ words) The CMS has banned 11 medical supply companies from billing Medicare Advantage and Part D, including four that had already been barred from Traditional Medicare, after identifying more than $3.4 billion in alleged fraudulent billing practices over the last two years. The…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (376+ words) SAINT PAUL, MN (September 10, 2026). Minnesota's system for overseeing assisted-living facilities needs improvements in inspections, public transparency and coordination among government agencies, according to a new evaluation by the state's Office of the Legislative Auditor. The review did not conclude that…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (603+ words) MINNESOTA (Minnesota Reformer) – A Minnesota assisted living facility was able to score average ratings from the state on resident health, safety and staffing, despite five separate incidents in two years that led to one resident death and four hospitalizations. That’s…...