New Mexico Statutes Chapter 27. Public Assistance § 27-14-3. Definitions

A. “claim” means a written or electronically submitted request for payment of health care services pursuant to the medicaid program;

B. “department” means the human services [health care authority] department;

C. “medicaid” means the federal-state program administered by the human services [health care authority] department pursuant to Title 19 or Title 21 of the federal Social Security Act;

D. “medicaid recipient” means an individual on whose behalf a person claims or receives a payment from the medicaid program, regardless of whether the individual was eligible for the medicaid program; and

E. “qui tam” means an action brought under a statute that allows a private person to sue for a recovery, part of which the state will receive.