Walz Orders Third-Party Audit of 14 High-Risk Medicaid Programs

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — Governor Tim Walz is ordering a third-party audit of 14 “high-risk” Medicaid services at the Department of Human Services.

Payments for the programs will be suspended for up to 90 days while claims data is analyzed for suspicious billing activity and other potential fraud.

Walz says, “We’re pumping the brakes on 14 programs that were created to help the most disadvantaged among us, yet have become the target of criminal activity.”

Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson says Minnesotans want prevention and accountability, saying, “This is too little, too late.”