Audit Coverage Gap, Invisible Providers & Inspection Paradox — Minnesota Medicaid

Author: Minnesota Medicaid Transparency Project | Last updated: April 7, 2026

DHS licensed 8,400+ HCBS providers but checked fewer than 200 annually. Includes invisible providers never inspected, and the inspection paradox: fraud providers score zero visits while compliant ones are checked.

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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