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Back to EpisodesAdvocates say thousands of legitimate providers disenrolled from high-risk Medicaid programs
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Multiple Minnesota disability and addiction recovery services providers are scrambling to figure out what’s next after they received notice on Monday they were removed from 14 high-risk Medicaid programs.
The removal came from a state Department of Human Services process to revalidate 5,000 providers by May 31. DHS was required to do so through an agreement between the state and the federal government’s Center for Medicaid Services, which was part of the Trump Administration’s campaign to address fraud in Minnesota.
Jordan Hansen, CEO of YourPath, an addiction recovery services provider and Cari McCann, executive director of Great River Homes, which provides care to individuals with disabilities, say their organizations were kicked off of the Medicaid programs. They joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about what comes next.