AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoMedicaid Fraud Crackdown: HHS decertified Hawaii’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, cutting about $3M a year and raising the risk to broader Medicaid funding; Gov. Josh Green says Medicaid benefits won’t be disrupted and announced an independent Medicaid Fraud Strike Force in DHS, while the state AG says it will seek reconsideration. Public Health & Food Safety: Grace’s Inn LSY in Honolulu was allowed to reopen under a conditional (yellow) health permit after a sewage hazard was fixed, though critical violations remain to be corrected. Road Safety Tragedies: A Waianae man, Chad-Joseph Mercado, died after a fatal Kapolei high-speed crash; on Hawaiʻi Island, a fiery South Hilo collision on Daniel K. Inouye Highway killed one and injured another, and a separate Pāhoa motorcycle crash left a rider dead while the sedan driver was arrested for DUI and related charges. Workplace Support: Hawaiʻi expanded its Family Leave Law to cover qualifying military exigencies, effective July 1. Community Safety: Honolulu issued shark warnings after a serious bite near Cromwell’s Beach and another surf-area warning near Ala Moana Bowls.
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