STAR AUTISM CENTER

NPI 1801409099, organization, Saint Cloud, MN, Clinic/Center, Adolescent and Children Mental Health

Evidence tier

charged in a public enforcement record

Charged (indicted) per a state attorney general release dated December 18, 2025, not adjudicated.

Public enforcement record: Attorney General Ellison partners with federal law enforcement on indictments of Housing Stabilization Services and Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention providers

score 60 of 100, rank 4327, $0 at stake

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Name	STAR AUTISM CENTER
Type	Organization
Status	Active
NPI issued	August 26, 2020, last updated March 28, 2023
Practice location	3333 W DIVISION ST STE 116, Saint Cloud, MN 56301-4548, 612-806-9954
Mailing address	3400 1ST ST N, Saint Cloud, MN 56303-4000
Authorized official	ABDINAJIB YUSSUF (Manager)
Specialties	Clinic/Center, Adolescent and Children Mental Health (261QM0855X, primary)

In this area

167 providers in MN carry an indicator in the public record, with $166.5M at stake between them. The most common is part of a provider network, on 77 of them, followed by more hours than a day holds on 71. 8 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	EVERGREEN RECOVERY Saint Paul, MN, ranked 37	$13.8M	Adjudicated (indicted, pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release and a state attorney general release dated December 19, 2024. Medicaid paid $13,844,651 in the last 12 observed months.
1	TWIN CITIES CARE SERVICES Minneapolis, MN, ranked 83	$471K	Listed on the OIG exclusion list since June 20, 2017. Medicaid still paid claims in 7 later months, $471,222 in total.
1	HIGHLAND MEADOWS COUNSELING CENTER, INC. Rochester, MN, ranked 126	$138K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since October 31, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 9 later months, $138,392 in total.
1	ANCHOR MEDICAL LLC Aitkin, MN, ranked 186	$52K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since April 21, 2022. Medicaid still paid claims in 14 later months, $52,318 in total.
1	SHAWN GRYGO Saint Paul, MN, ranked 223	$27K	Adjudicated (pleaded guilty, indicted) per a Department of Justice release and a state attorney general release dated December 19, 2024. Medicaid paid $26,613 in the last 12 observed months.
1	MIDWEST MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. Mounds View, MN, ranked 244	$20K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since April 21, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 2 later months, $19,548 in total.
1	MIDWEST MEDICAL HOLDINGS LLC Saint Paul, MN, ranked 430	$233	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since April 21, 2022. Medicaid still paid claims in 4 later months, $233 in total.
1	BABY'S ON BROADWAY Little Falls, MN, ranked 600	$0	Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release dated December 19, 2024. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.

All 167 in MN

Recent enforcement in MN

All releases

Department of Justice and HHS-OIG releases for this state, newest first. Each opens in a new tab.

DOJOtherMay 22, 2026

This Week in Fraud: The Fraud Division Announced Expansion of Midwest Task Force and Authorization to Hire 15 New Medicaid Prosecutors, an Unprecedented Minnesota Health Care Fraud Takedown, and a $2 Billion Telemedicine Health Care Fraud Scheme

The Justice Department announced charges against 15 defendants for Medicaid fraud schemes totaling over $90 million in intended loss, a 10-year sentence in a $2 billion international health care fraud conspiracy in Brooklyn, and a Michigan jury conviction of a nurse who bribed a Detroit hospital nurse for confidential records used to bill Medicare in a $1.6 million scheme, along with expansion of the Health Care Fraud Midwest Strike Force and hiring of 15 additional Medicaid fraud prosecutors.

DOJChargedMay 21, 2026

Minnesota Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Against 15 Defendants for Over $90M in Fraud

Fifteen defendants were charged in connection with schemes involving over $90 million in intended loss against Minnesota Medicaid programs, including paying kickbacks to parents and billing for autism, Integrated Community Supports, Individualized Home Supports, Housing Stabilization Services and child care services that were not provided as represented.

DOJPleaded guiltyFeb 10, 2026

Fraud Tourists Plead Guilty to Minneapolis Medicaid Fraud

Two men set up businesses in Minneapolis, enrolled as Housing Stabilization Services providers, recruited Medicaid beneficiaries at homeless shelters and Section 8 housing, billed for services not provided, and used ChatGPT and fabricated e-mails to create fake client records when asked for documentation.

DOJChargedSep 24, 2025

First Defendant Charged in Autism Fraud Scheme

Hassan and others enrolled Smart Therapy LLC as an EIDBI autism services provider, recruited children with cash kickbacks to parents, employed unqualified behavioral technicians, and submitted inflated and fabricated Medicaid claims for services not provided, obtaining more than $14 million, while also submitting approximately $465,000 in fraudulent Federal Child Nutrition Program claims through Feeding Our Future.

DOJCivil settlementJun 26, 2025

NUWAY Alliance Agrees to Pay $18,500,000 Settlement in Medicaid Kickbacks Scheme, False Claims Act Violations

NUWAY compensated Medicaid patients for seeking intensive outpatient treatment in violation of the federal anti-kickback statute and submitted false claims for IOP services not provided by double-billing the same period of time as distinct billable units.

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