Minnesota Medicaid disenrollment wave sweeps up Rochester disability and elder care providers
By
Dené K. Dryden
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Summary
The Minnesota Department of Human Services terminated Medicaid billing status for over 3,400 social services providers, including EA Therapeutic Health in Rochester. The organization's COO, Rhonda Burnap, expresses frustration that legitimate, law-abiding providers are being caught up in what appears to be a broad anti-fraud sweep. The article highlights the impact of this mass disenrollment on disability and elder services providers in the Rochester area.
Key quotes
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And we have somehow gotten swept up in this fraud activity for no reason.
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