CMS blocks $112M in Medicaid funding to Minnesota

The Hill ^ | 11/11/26

[CFW]

The Trump administration is cutting off more than $112 million in federal funding to Minnesota over “unallowable claims,” the most recent escalation in the White House’s fight over Medicaid fraud in the state.

The administration sought to block hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding to blue states this year, including Minnesota and California over allegations of fraud. It has made Minnesota a focal point in President Trump’s fraud crackdown.

In a letter to Minnesota Department of Human Services temporary commissioner John Connolly, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services cited dozens of instances where Minnesota allegedly failed to provide necessary documentation or provider documents where certain dates didn’t align.

But Connolly is questioning how the administration decided which claims to challenge, and whether officials confused documentation mistakes with fraud.

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Minnesota has 60 days to appeal the disallowance by CMS.

Connolly said CMS in the past year has not responded to numerous requests for “transparency, partnership and a path to resolution.” He noted CMS has still not made any determinations regarding two earlier funding freezes totaling $350 million.

Medicaid is jointly funded by the state and the federal government. If CMS never pays Minnesota, the state may have to ask providers to give the money back

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: cms; fraud; medicaid; minnesota

[CFW]

Of course it is a slanted article by The Hill.

The article includes one sentence regarding "allegations of fraud" without mentioning the dozens of convictions for fraud over the past year.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

I get the “Learing Center” problem — but it just punished every other law abiding person has to do a Go Fund Me or sell their house to afford surgery or cancer treatment. And the GOP doesn’t bat an eye.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

sorry typos.

I get the “Learing Center” problem — but it just punishes* every actual law abiding person to have to do a Go Fund Me or sell their house so they can afford surgery or cancer treatment. And the GOP doesn’t bat an eye.

[dinodino]

Do law abiding persons normally submit disallowable claims?

[CondoleezzaProtege]

GoFundMe as health insurance: Why so many Americans turn to crowdfunding for medical care
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/americans-gofundme-healthcare-crowdfunding-medical-b2071472.html

[dinodino]

Do they turn to crowdfunding because their Medicaid claims were denied due to violation of the rules?

[CondoleezzaProtege]

No. It’s because their private insurance is likely denying them or offering very limited coverage or taking forever…

[dinodino]

The article is about Medicaid fraud, not private insurance.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Private insurance’s weaknesses are why Medicaid cuts affect so many people, not just the fraudsters.

[dinodino]

Medicaid shouldn’t even exist.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

I just posted an article about Veterans Affairs leaving so many service-members out to rot with chronic physical and mental health issues. They’re not able to just “get back to work.”

[ProtectOurFreedom]

You can just hear the screams “Trump retribution for his losses!!”

[T.B. Yoits]

Just awful

So terrible

$112 million

Wake me up when they recover the billions of dollars taxpayer were forced to borrow for Democrats to launder through Minnesota.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Oh, come on. Did you not read the “unallowable claims” part of the article? They are not allowing claims that are fraudulent. I’d wager their bar for determining fraudulent is really low so the certainty that these are unallowable is 100%. They probably could have legitimately disallowed $500 million and that would have cut into legitimate claims. That might have hit claims with an 80% probability of fraud.

[DPMD]

Geez, who could blame the GOP? Sending bulk grants just opens the fraud gates, and especially so in Minnesota. Walz, Ellison and Omar already have enough millions in their personal accounts.

Individual cases followed by individual grants seems a fair solution.

[Vaduz]

Not many in the media not in the good old boy club same results always expected.

[Tommy Revolts]

Exactly. The whole of Medicaid is fraud.