In Charts: Audits Spotlight Unusual Trends in Medicaid Spending for Autism Care

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In Charts: Audits Spotlight Unusual Trends in Medicaid Spending for Autism Care
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One in 31 U.S. children has an autism diagnosis. Among Minnesota’s Somali community, that number jumps to one in 12.

That discrepancy made headlines last fall when the Department of Justice charged a Somali woman with netting millions in fraudulent autism services. Now, state and federal investigators are putting autism spending in the spotlight.

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