Search warrants were executed Thursday at two Twin Cities autism services providers, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the FBI confirmed.
Ellison said members of his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, along with agents from the Minnesota Department of Health and the Human Services Office of Inspector General, visited Iska Inc. in St. Louis Park and Bright Horizon Therapy Center in Edina. Both provide Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention, or EIDBI, services. It’s not clear what investigators were seeking.
“It’s the Attorney General’s job to fight Medicaid fraud and I’m extremely proud of the success of my Medicaid fraud unit, which the federal government has acknowledged is both effective and aggressive,” Ellison said. “We will keep holding fraudsters accountable without fear or favor to protect public dollars and protect Minnesotans who rely on Medicaid to see their doctors, fill their prescriptions, and stay in their home.”…