OLA Audit Reports — Minnesota Medicaid Document Vault

Office of the Legislative Auditor reports and program evaluations covering Minnesota's Medicaid program — DHS oversight findings, fraud-risk assessments, and follow-up reviews.

23 audit report documents indexed in the Minnesota Medicaid primary-source vault.

Documents

MN Board of Nursing — Public exhibit withheld pending privacy review — Minnesota Board of Nursing (2026-04-30) — Public PDF withdrawn October 20, 2026 pending privacy review; its original evidence is retained privately. The public PDF is a withdrawal notice and contains no source evidence. Historical description
Southdale reviews — Public exhibit withheld pending privacy review — Google / Independent Documentation (2026-04-19) — Public PDF withdrawn October 20, 2026 pending privacy review; its original evidence is retained privately. The public PDF is a withdrawal notice and contains no source evidence. Historical description
OLA Special Review — DHS OIG Authority to Investigate Kickbacks (EIDBI Investigations) (January 2026) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2026-01-15) — OLA Special Review documenting that the DHS Office of Inspector General had erroneously claimed for decades that it lacked authority to investigate kickbacks in the Early Intensive Developmental and B
OLA Performance Audit — DHS Behavioral Health Administration Grants ($425M, 12 Findings) (January 2026) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2026-01-15) — 70-page OLA Financial Audit Division performance audit of the DHS Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) grants program — 830 grant agreements totaling $425 million. The report issued 12 findings, inc
CMS Medicaid Enrollment Data — Monthly State-Level Enrollment (CHIP/Medicaid) — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2025-12-31) — CMS monthly Medicaid and CHIP enrollment data by state, used for enrollment trend analysis and per-enrollee spending calculations. Shows Minnesota enrollment growth from 750,000 to 1.42 million over 1
Clifton Property Transfer History — 6568 Central Ave & 8445 Center Dr (Anoka County) — Anoka County Assessor / ATTOM (2025-01-01) — Anoka County property transfer records for 6568 Central Ave and 8445 Center Dr — two properties in the Clifton Properties fraud cluster. Records document ownership chain, transfer dates, and purchase
CMS MBES — Minnesota Medicaid State Expenditure Report (FY2024) — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2024-12-31) — CMS Medicaid Budget and Expenditure System (MBES) state expenditure report for Minnesota. Primary source for Minnesota total Medicaid spending ($23B), federal match (FMAP) calculations, program-level
OLA Performance Audit — DHS Licensing Division: Support to Counties (2024) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2024-12-01) — OLA Program Evaluation Division audit of the DHS Licensing Division's relationship with county licensing partners. Identifies a 1,000:1 provider-to-licensor ratio (21 staff for 21,000+ providers) and
Minnesota DHS Office of Inspector General — Annual Report (FY2024) — Minnesota Department of Human Services (2024-12-01) — DHS OIG annual report documenting program integrity staffing (approximately 60 total investigators, approximately 30 focused on provider-side fraud), case volumes (630 provider investigations FY2023),
Minnesota DHS — Managed Care Organization Performance Reports and Enrollment Data (FY2024) — Minnesota Department of Human Services (2024-12-01) — DHS annual reporting on Medicaid managed care plan enrollment, SIU staffing disclosures, claims volume, and performance metrics. Source for total MCO enrollment (1.2M members across 9 plans), plan-by-
OLA Special Review — Minnesota Department of Education Oversight of Feeding Our Future (June 2024) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2024-06-15) — OLA Special Review evaluating the Minnesota Department of Education's (MDE) administration of the federal CACFP funds that flowed through Feeding Our Future. Documents MDE's failure to act on multiple
OLA Performance Audit — DHS Grant Award Processes (April 2024) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2024-04-15) — OLA Program Evaluation Division audit of how DHS awards competitive grants. Documents conflicts of interest in award decisions, weak documentation requirements, and inadequate post-award monitoring ac
OLA Performance Audit — Minnesota Medicaid Managed Care (2024) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2024-03-01) — OLA Program Evaluation Division performance audit of the Minnesota Medicaid Managed Care program. Updates the structural findings of the 2018 MCO oversight report and evaluates implementation of prior
CMS FY2023 Focused Program Integrity Review — Minnesota (Final Report) — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2023-12-01) — CMS Focused Program Integrity Review Contractor (FPIRC) final report for Minnesota FY2023. Found that MCO fraud referrals to DHS were 'low relative to program size' with only 3 of 9 MCOs submitting mo
OLA — Post-FOF DHS Fraud Prevention Assessment (2023) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2023-06-01) — OLA assessment of DHS Medicaid fraud prevention capabilities in the wake of the Feeding Our Future prosecutions. Evaluates which recommendations from prior OLA reports (2007–2022) were implemented and
ATTOM Property Records — Golis Properties / Kilimanjaro Properties Minneapolis Purchases (2021) — ATTOM Data Solutions / Hennepin County Assessor (2021-12-31) — ATTOM property transaction records for 9 Minneapolis-area real estate purchases in 2021 through Golis Properties LLC, Kilimanjaro Properties, S&S Catering Inc, and Banadir Hall Inc. Records corroborat
Minnesota DHS — Blue Plus Corrective Action Orders and Financial Penalties (2018–2020) — Minnesota Department of Human Services (2020-12-31) — DHS corrective action orders and financial penalties issued to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota / Blue Plus for systematic failures in fraud detection, reporting, and action (2018–2020). Eight corr
OLA Performance Audit — DHS Personal Care Assistance (PCA) Program Oversight — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2020-03-01) — OLA performance audit of DHS oversight of the Personal Care Assistance (PCA) program — the second-largest Minnesota Medicaid program by spending. Identifies field-audit attendance gaps, EVV implementa
OLA — DHS Information Technology Systems (2020) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2020-02-01) — OLA evaluation of DHS information technology systems, focusing on MMIS/MAXIS obsolescence, fraud detection analytics limitations, and DHS's data integration gaps. Part of the documented series of OLA
OLA — DHS Oversight of Managed Care Organizations (2018) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2018-01-01) — OLA evaluation of DHS oversight of Minnesota Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs). Documents the structural gap between MCO contract value ($9B+) and DHS oversight capacity (4 contract managemen
OLA — Medicaid Fraud Prevention and Detection (2013) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2013-01-01) — OLA evaluation of DHS's fraud prevention and detection capabilities across Minnesota Medicaid. Recommended modern fraud detection analytics, adequate investigator staffing, and mandatory MCO data shar
OLA — Evaluation of DHS Personal Care Assistance Program (2009) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2009-01-01) — OLA evaluation of the DHS Personal Care Assistance (PCA) program — Minnesota's second-largest Medicaid program by spending. Documented absence of electronic visit verification, insufficient background
OLA — Medical Assistance Program Integrity (2007) — Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota (2007-01-01) — Office of the Legislative Auditor program evaluation of Medical Assistance (Medicaid) program integrity in Minnesota. The earliest in the documented series of OLA audit reports warning DHS about syste