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		<title>Legislators voice dismay over management of state&#8217;s Medicaid rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Schoen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Mosley has more than two decades of experience scrutinizing public health programs at the state and federal level. In all of that time, he's never encountered a state that did not collect paid claims data to provide a basis for setting its Medicaid rates.

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		<title>Medicaid Director David Godfrey resigns to take post with Hennepin County</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/08/medicaid-director-david-godfrey-resigns-to-take-post-with-hennepin-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Medicaid Director David Godfrey is stepping down from his post effective September 14. Godfrey has accepted a position as deputy director of health for Hennepin County. ]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional hearing will probe $30 million UCare donation</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/04/congressional-hearing-will-probe-30-million-ucare-donation/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/04/congressional-hearing-will-probe-30-million-ucare-donation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn Laine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Grassley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cindy Mann]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Darrell Issa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Nobles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scott Leitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Nienow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On March 16 last year, Gov. Mark Dayton announced some seemingly excellent news: UCare had decided to make a $30 million “donation” to help solve the state’s $5 billion budget deficit.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate sinks HMO audit bill</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/03/senate-sinks-hmo-audit-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Grassley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hann]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HMOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucinda Jesson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Feldman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Leitz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Health and Human Services Committee Chairman David Hann promised to hold a hearing on a bill requiring independent annual audits of the health plans that administer the state’s Medicaid program. On Monday he followed through on that promise. ]]></description>
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		<title>Critics question merits of HMO bidding process</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/11/critics-question-merits-of-hmo-bidding-process/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/11/critics-question-merits-of-hmo-bidding-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dave Feinwachs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Larry Hosch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nora Slawik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Leitz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Department of Human Services  claims it saved $175 million through competitive bidding for state-funded insurance programs.]]></description>
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		<title>MN Health Department hires two assistant commissioners</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/01/mn-health-department-hires-two-assistant-commissioners/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/01/mn-health-department-hires-two-assistant-commissioners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ed Ehlinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Benavides]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Benavides, Ayers will start work in February at the Health department. They bring backgrounds in childrens' mental health and nursing to the agency.]]></description>
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		<title>Noznesky is latest hire for Children&#8217;s Hospitals lobbying team</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/02/noznesky-is-latest-hire-for-childrens-hospitals-lobbying-team/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/02/noznesky-is-latest-hire-for-childrens-hospitals-lobbying-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sara Noznesky]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota is beefing up its lobbying team with the addition of health care lobbyist Sara Noznesky.]]></description>
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