More than 3,400 Minnesota Medicaid providers in programs identified as high-risk were notified they will be disenrolled from the program following a comprehensive review by the state Department of Human Services, KARE 11 reported Thursday.
A total of 5,583 providers were reviewed during the department’s Medicaid revalidation project, and 3,411, about 61%, were notified they will be disenrolled. Department of Human Services officials cited incomplete paperwork and documentation, failed verification during site visits or failed background studies as reasons.
The revalidation project, typically done every three to five years, was prioritized to combat fraud as well as meet the demands of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which said it would withhold $2 billion in Medicaid funding from the state in December, according to KARE 11.
MPR News reported on reaction earlier this week from advocates who questioned the reasoning behind some of the Minnesota Medicaid disenrollment decisions. Sue Schettle, CEO of the Association of Residential Resources in Minnesota, told MPR News many organizations provided information to the agency and never heard back.
“I’m worried about what’s next,” Schettle said. “It just creates sheer chaos for everybody involved.”
While UCare, one of Minnesota’s largest health insurers at the time, faced mounting financial losses and plans for liquidation, its CEO, Hilary Marden-Resnik, and a dozen other top executives were paid millions of dollars in compensation and bonuses, according to a filing obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune on Thursday.
The nonprofit health insurer paid Marden-Resnik $1.28 million in 2025, including a $100,000 bonus, while a dozen top executives received bonuses ranging from $34,119 to $85,353 based on nonfinancial performance goals.
Polymarket is suing Minnesota over its recent ban on prediction markets in the state, Courthouse News Service reported. The law is the nation’s first outright operational ban on such platforms.
With its lawsuit, Polymarket joins Kalshi and the Trump Administration in challenging the state’s new law.
The Minnesota Department of Health says it has seen an increase in the number of emergency visits related to tick bites over the past few months, MPR News reported Thursday. The increased number of tick bites may indicate shifts in their behavior or habitat, raising public health concerns as outdoor activity increases.
The U.S. Forest Service announced it will enact campfire restrictions within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness beginning Saturday, June 6. The restrictions prohibit campfires and the use of coal or wood-burning stoves as dry conditions persist throughout the Superior National Forest, WTIP Community Radio reported.
The order will remain in effect through June 30 unless the Forest Service extends or rescinds it based on conditions.
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