In rush to meet federal deadline, Minnesota cuts funding to 60% of providers in 13 Medicaid programs

By: Alyssa Chen

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: June 4, 2026

Words: 1,266

Last Updated: 6 days, 15 hours ago

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The Minnesota Department of Human Services cut off funding to more than 3,000 care providers across 13 Medicaid services in its sweeping “revalidation” effort — a four-month screening of roughly 5,500 providers made in response to heightened federal scrutiny over fraud in Minnesota’s social services.

Providers that had payments terminated range from smaller businesses serving a few dozen people to well-established companies such as Dungarvin, a national, decades-old human service organization with over 2,000 …

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