Introduced
by
To increase the civil fine for Medicaid fraud to $5,000 (on top of the current penalty of triple the amount of damages from the fraud), and explicitly include in the definition of Medicaid fraud, “to knowingly make, use, or cause to be made or used a false record or statement to conceal, avoid, or decrease an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the state pertaining to a claim for Medicaid benefits”.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
