Minnesota Human Services is recruiting 168 state employees to combat fraud through site checks

By: Alyssa Chen

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: February 2, 2026

Words: 561

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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The Minnesota Department of Human Services announced Monday that it’s recruiting 168 people from the state government’s 40,000 employees to help the agency conduct unannounced site checks of Medicaid providers in order to combat fraud.

The site checks are part of a new effort by the state to “revalidate” all 5,800 providers of 13 Medicaid services deemed high-risk for fraud, waste and abuse by DHS. Revalidation involves reviewing provider documents and owners’ background checks, …

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