UCare’s Medicaid payouts more than doubled before insurer’s downfall
UCare’s Medicaid payouts more than doubled in just three years, leading to record losses, the insurer’s demise and a trail of unpaid debts that are threatening to destabilize the state’s healthcare system.
UCare’s Medicaid payouts more than doubled in just three years, leading to record losses, the insurer’s demise and a trail of unpaid debts that are threatening to destabilize the state’s healthcare system.
How Medicaid funding flows through Minnesota
Minnesota has been in the national spotlight for months because of the massive amount of fraud uncovered in numerous Medicaid programs. Gov. Tim Walz now wants to eliminate Managed Care Organizations from the state's Medicaid system to combat fraud.
Minnesota has been in the national spotlight for months because of the massive amount of fraud uncovered in numerous Medicaid programs. Gov. Tim Walz now wants to eliminate Managed Care Organizations from the state's Medicaid system to combat fraud.
Walz wants to eliminate Managed Care Organizations from Medicaid system
A former state prosecutor said the private insurance companies that manage most of the Medicaid care in Minnesota were also “asleep at the wheel" when it came to detecting fraud.
A former state prosecutor said the private insurance companies that manage most of the Medicaid care in Minnesota were also “asleep at the wheel" when it came to detecting fraud.