联邦调查局调查医疗援助计划欺诈的智能治疗中心 在自闭症提供者激增的情况下 FBI investigates Smart Therapy Center for Medicaid fraud amid surge in autism providers.

作为医疗援助计划欺诈调查的一部分,联邦调查局对自闭症治疗提供者智能治疗中心发出了搜查令。 The FBI has served search warrants on Smart Therapy Center, an autism treatment provider, as part of a Medicaid fraud investigation. 州公众服务部正在调查15家自闭症提供者,由于欺诈指控而扣留付款,并将案件转交执法部门。 The state's Department of Human Services is investigating 15 autism providers, having withheld payments due to fraud allegations and forwarded cases to law enforcement. 自闭症提供者的人数自2018年以来猛增了700%,因为明尼苏达州于2017年决定通过医疗援助计划提供早期强化行为干预服务。 The number of autism providers has surged 700% since 2018, following Minnesota's decision to cover Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) services through Medicaid in 2017.