DHS to revoke licenses of two metro care centers tied to Medicaid fraud

Minnesota’s Department of Human Services has moved from talk to teeth, suspending and now revoking the home‑ and community‑based services licenses of two Twin Cities care outfits after their owners were charged in separate Medicaid fraud schemes. Smart Therapy Center LLC on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, owned by confessed $14 million autism‑services fraudster and Feeding Our Future defendant Asha Hassan, and 24hrs Home Care in Blaine, registered to Housing Stabilization Services defendant Anwar Adow, both had their licenses temporarily suspended on Oct. 10, 2025 and DHS says those revocations formally kick in Jan. 7, 2026. Prosecutors say Hassan’s shop recruited Somali families, paid kickbacks, and billed for made‑up one‑on‑one autism services, while Adow’s Liberty Plus LLC in Roseville allegedly told staff to 'bill as much as they could,' inflating hours for roughly 200 people and siphoning more than $1.2 million into employees’ pockets, his brother, a Mercedes‑Benz and other personal spending. Hassan has already pled guilty and agreed to nearly $16 million in restitution with a recommended 70–87‑month prison term; Adow is among the first charged in the housing‑stabilization fraud wave that federal authorities say is part of a broader multi‑billion‑dollar Medicaid abuse problem in Minnesota. For metro families, especially those using HCBS and autism services, the message is blunt: when the feds finally indict, DHS is now willing to pull the license, but only after years of allegedly phony billing on the public’s dime.