Join the FBA and 2025 sponsor Winthrop & Weinstine for a practical webinar spotlighting the surging trend of mass arbitration. Designed for federal practitioners, in-house counsel, and litigation teams, this session examines how mass arbitration campaigns can quickly escalate and threaten companies’ financial stability, often through the strategic use of arbitration fees and serial filings. ...
December 18, 2025
Adult day care settings are the most recent target in the Department of Human Services (“DHS”) recent efforts to tighten oversight and combat fraud in Minnesota. On December 16, 2025, DHS announced that it would pause issuing new licenses for adult day centers because, according to DHS, provider capacity currently exceeds the projected needs for ...
Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) today issued the latest Budget and Economic Forecast. For the current budget period FY 2026-2027, there is a projected surplus of $2.465 billion due to what MMB says is a “better-than-expected fiscal year close and higher near-term revenue collections”. These increased revenue collections were partially offset by increased spending estimates. ...
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (“DHS”) quietly communicated on December 1, 2025, its intent to issue a temporary licensing moratorium for 245D-licensed Home and Community Based Services (“HCBS”), effective January 1, 2026. The licensing moratorium is the latest step in DHS’s heightened efforts to tamp down widespread fraud, waste and abuse uncovered in the ...
Pursuant to an October 29, 2025, press release, Governor Tim Walz has directed the Minnesota Department of Human Services (“DHS”) to audit fourteen Medical Assistance (“Medicaid”) services identified as high-risk for billing irregularities or potential fraud. According to reports, during the audit period, payments for these services will be paused for up to 90 days ...
Entities operating under an agency payment withhold should take notice of a new law that went into effect on May 24, 2025. Minnesota Statutes Section 15.013 adds specificity and clarification regarding timing and notice requirements that agencies must comply with to withhold payments when an “agency head determines that a preponderance of the evidence shows ...
Special Election 34B – Speaker Emerita Hortman Seat Following the horrific events of the early morning of June 14, including the assassination of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, Governor Tim Walz has called for a special election. A primary will be held on August 12, with the general special election on September 16. The following candidates ...
Regular Session Ends The Minnesota Legislature adjourned the 2025 Regular Session on Monday night, but a special session looms on the horizon as legislators failed to pass a complete budget. Despite meeting through the weekend and on Monday, little progress was made to get to final resolution. Each caucus held a press conference or media ...
Governor and Legislative Leaders Agree to Budget Targets On Thursday of this week, the Governor and legislative leaders announced that they had reached agreement on budget targets, a copy of which can be found here. While this deal is welcome, it comes too late for any realistic hope that the budget work will be completed by ...
Budget Status Summary With the end of the 2025 legislative session fast approaching, legislators are working to approve the omnibus finance bills necessary to implement a FY 2026-2027 Biennial Budget. Legislative leaders and the Governor continue to work behind closed doors on global targets with rumors swirling that a deal is within grasp. However, as ...
State of Affairs With the constitutionally-mandated end of session just over two weeks away (Monday, May 19), much work remains to be done in order to pass a two-year budget. The first conference committee appointments have just been made, but no conference committees have even had an opportunity to schedule a meeting yet, and several ...
It’s All Budget Bills Following a weeklong break for Passover and Easter, the legislature is back to work and quickly moving omnibus bills through the legislative process. Finance committees had to pass their two-year budget recommendations before break. This week, those bills have been passing through the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and ...