Health Policy & Public Health

36+ min ago   (253+ words) MINNEAPOLIS (Valley News Live) — Two Twin Cities men have admitted to running a scheme that siphoned more than $500,000 from Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services program, according to federal... MINNEAPOLIS (Valley News Live) — Two Twin Cities men have admitted to running a…...

16+ hour, 5+ min ago   (472+ words) JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-Miss.) announced the recent sentencings of five individuals, who were convicted of Medicaid and wire fraud, totaling more than $120,000. Man pleads guilty to Jackson bank robbery The following state court convictions and sentencings…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (499+ words) October 7, 2026 / 8:07 PM EDT / CBS/News Service of Florida A state appellate court on Wednesday ordered that a grand jury report alleging that $10 million from a Medicaid settlement was "misappropriated" be expunged. The grand jury report, though, has already been leaked…...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago   (212+ words) A Fitchburg, Massachusetts man was sentenced earlier this week in federal court in Worcester for his role in a fraud scheme that used the stolen identities of more than 100 individuals to obtain $440,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from…...

4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (334+ words) SAINT PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) – A new report from the Office of the State Auditor showed Minnesota counties spent more money on human services than any other spending area in 2024. According to the report, counties throughout the state had total governmental…...

10+ hour, 47+ min ago   (273+ words) Two doctors and a secretary who were charged with a combined total of 137 counts of theft and possession of false documents relating to fraudulent medical services claims will require a jury trial lasting three weeks, a court has heard. The…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago   (501+ words) Next month the New York State Department of Labor will be modernizing its 50-year-old unemployment insurance system. The major overhaul will keep the system offline for about nine days, beginning Monday, Nov. 2. WAMC’s David Guistina spoke earlier this week with…...

9+ hour, 58+ min ago   (612+ words) By Elyse Apel | The Center Square (Worthy News) – Fraud could cost federal taxpayers as much as $521 billion annually, according to a Foundation for Government Accountability report citing a federal estimate. The report estimates that improper payments by the federal government…...

9+ hour, 55+ min ago   (130+ words) HMWS&SB officials imposed and collected a fine of ₹20,000 after detecting wastage of water for an unnecessary purpose at a hotel in Jubilee Hills. Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) officials imposed and collected a…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (682+ words) Stanford University Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law welcomes applications from pre-doctoral students at the write-up stage and from post-doctoral scholars working in any of the four program areas of democracy, development, evaluating the efficacy of democracy…...