Minnesota to inspect 5,800 Medicaid providers; asking for state workers from other departments to help

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ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Human Services announced they will begin a “massive statewide push to ensure Medicaid providers in 13 high-risk services have the qualifications required by law.”

The Minnesota Department of Human Services is putting out a call across all state agencies asking them to transfer 168 qualified workers to help.

They must revalidate more than 5,800 Medicaid providers by this summer.

It is part of the state’s efforts to, “convince the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reverse course on a highly unusual action to withhold over $2 billion in annual Medicaid funding for low-income Minnesotans.”

The “Revalidation of Medicaid” eligibility is done for all providers on a regular basis. The Minnesota Department of Human Services currently completes this review with high-risk providers at least every three years.  The Minnesota Department of Human Services will attempted to do all of these in about half of a year.

Training will begin in February, and onsite inspections will start soon afterwards. All providers will get unannounced visits.