Home > Nobody's Catching Fraud > Minnesota DHS Medicaid Audits: 0 of 22 Fraud Cases CaughtMinnesota DHS Medicaid Audits: 0 of 22 Fraud Cases Caught
Author: Minnesota Medicaid Transparency Project | Last updated: March 19, 2026
Minnesota DHS field audits caught 0 of 22 documented fraud cases. 11 of 14 high-risk programs have no audit history. The FBI catches what DHS misses.
Part of the Minnesota Medicaid Transparency Project — an independent, data-driven investigation of $23 billion in annual Medicaid spending across 87 counties.
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