(Valley News Live) — Minnesota Sen.-elect Jeremy Munson said in a social media post Wednesday, Nov. 11, that the federal government has permanently denied Minnesota $112 million in Medicaid money.
Federal reviewers looked at 330 high-risk Medicaid claims out of about 6 million, according to the post, and 78 of them did not meet the requirements for reimbursement. He wrote that the amount denied was roughly 1,000 times greater than the claims first identified.
The post says Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner John Connolly told the department the state expected some denials, and it describes the state’s response as “documentation deficiencies.” By Munson’s account, the money was already paid to providers, so Minnesota taxpayers will now cover it.
Federal officials have also frozen $550 million in Minnesota Medicaid funding in all, the post says, with two more freezes worth $350 million still undecided. It does not say who made those decisions or when.
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