Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks to reporters after he announced that he would not seek re-election, at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. January 5, 2026. (Reuters/Tim Evans)
The high-risk service and program areas identified, in order of priority, are:
1. Housing Stabilization Services (HSS)
2. Peer Recovery Support Services (PRSS)
3. Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI)
4. Integrated Community Supports (ICS) (Home and Community Based Service)
5. Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT)
6. Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS)
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7. Personal Care Assistance (PCA) / Community First Services and Supports (CFSS)
8. Adult Day Services (ADS)
9. Recuperative Care (RS)
10. Individualized Home Supports (IHS) (covers services without training, with training, and with family training)
11. Adult Companion Care (ACC)
12. Night Supervision (NS)
13. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
14. Intensive Residential Treatment Service (IRTS)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz. (Nikos DeGruccio/Fox News Digital)
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The report comes a month after the Trump administration announced it will start auditing Minnesota Medicaid receipts and defer payments to the 14 high-risk programs.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Mehmet Oz told Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz that CMS will begin reviewing the state’s quarterly Medicaid spending reports and defer funding based on findings of fraud, waste and abuse.
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