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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) As used in this section, “healthcare plan” means a publicly or privately funded program or organization that is formed to provide or pay for healthcare goods or services, including without limitation:
(1) Health insurance plans;
(2) Managed care organization plans;
(3) Risk-based provider plans;
(4) The Arkansas Medicaid Program;
(5) The Social Security Disability Insurance program; and
(6) The Medicare program.
(b) A person commits healthcare fraud if, with a purpose to defraud a healthcare plan, the person provides materially false information or omits material information in support of:
(1) An application for membership or eligibility for a healthcare plan;
(2) A claim for payment or reimbursement as a member or provider in a healthcare plan; or
(3) A prior claim for payment or to justify payments previously received from a healthcare plan for healthcare goods or services during the course of an audit or investigation conducted by the Office of Medicaid Inspector General or a healthcare oversight agency with jurisdiction to audit, investigate, or prosecute any form of healthcare fraud.
(c) Healthcare fraud is a:
(1) Class A misdemeanor if the aggregate amount of the healthcare fraud in any period of twelve (12) months is less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500);
(2) Class C felony if the aggregate amount of the healthcare fraud in any period of twelve (12) months is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more but less than five thousand dollars ($5,000);
(3) Class B felony if the aggregate amount of the healthcare fraud in any period of twelve (12) months is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more but less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000); and
(4) Class A felony if the aggregate amount of the healthcare fraud in any period of twelve (12) months is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-37-217. Healthcare fraud - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-5-criminal-offenses/ar-code-sect-5-37-217/
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