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New Commerce chief with a long to-do list

The Minnesota Department of Commerce faces a balancing act between supporting the growth of the industries it regulates and keeping their business practices on the straight and narrow.

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Fiscal notes, gov consolidation top auditor’s list

A year ago, the Legislative Audit Commission passed over a proposal to evaluate the way state agencies prepare the fiscal notes that have long served as the basis for doing state budgets. One year...

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Congressional hearing will probe $30 million UCare donation

On March 16 last year, Gov. Mark Dayton announced some seemingly excellent news: UCare had decided to make a $30 million “donation” to help solve the state’s $5 billion budget deficit.

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DHS seeks independent audit of past Medicaid rates

The Department of Human Services is initiating an independent audit of the state's Medicaid rates between 2003 and 2011. DHS Commissioner Lucinda Jesson outlined the plan in a letter Monday to...

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Legislative Auditor clarifies ‘consultation’ on Medicaid audit

On Monday the Department of Human Services announced that it was seeking an independent audits of the state's Medicaid rates from 2003 to 2011. In the letter announcing the probe, DHS Commissioner...

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‘He was a kid’: Former juvenile sex offenders languish in MSOP

Timothy Coon could spend his whole life confined to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program for actions he committed as a juvenile. And there are more than 50 others like him inside the walls of MSOP.

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Delayed audit of Medicaid rates will be released at the end of March

In November, the Minnesota Department of Human Services hired the Segal Company to audit the state's Medicaid rates from 2003 to 2011. The Atlanta-based company was awarded a $150,000 contract to...

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DHS Medicaid audit points to problems

A preliminary audit of the state’s Medicaid rates released on March 1 determined that they were “actuarially sound.” That’s the finding that Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Lucinda...

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DHS failed to comply with rules requiring verification of eligibility for...

The Minnesota Department of Human Services failed to comply with state and federal requirements to verify Social Security numbers and income eligibility for MinnesotaCare participants, according to a...

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MNsure officials roll back expectations for Oct. 1 opening

At Tuesday's gathering of the MNsure Oversight Committee, Rep. Joe Atkins, DFL-Inver Grove Heights, had a simple question for health exchange officials: "Is it ready?

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