Arkansas Code Title 5, Subtitle 5, Chapter 55, Subchapter 1 - Medicaid Fraud Act

• § 5-55-101 - Title.
  This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Medicaid Fraud Act".
• § 5-55-102 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Arkansas Medicaid Program" means the program authorized under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §...
• § 5-55-103 - Unlawful Acts -- Classification.
  (a) (1) It is unlawful for any person to commit medicaid fraud as prohibited by § 5-55-111. (2) Medicaid fraud is a: (A) Class...
• § 5-55-104 - Records.
  (a) No potential medicaid recipient is eligible for medical assistance unless he or she has authorized in writing the Director of the Department of...
• § 5-55-105 - Liability of Organizations.
  In naming a person as a defendant under this subchapter, it is expressly intended that all of the provisions of §§ 5-2-501 -- 5-2-503
• § 5-55-106 - Investigation by Attorney General.
  The office of the Attorney General is the entity to which a case of suspected medicaid fraud shall be referred by the Arkansas Medicaid...
• § 5-55-107 - Restitution.
  (a) In addition to any other fine that may be levied under § 5-4-201, any person found guilty of medicaid fraud as described in...
• § 5-55-108 - Civil Penalties -- Expenses.
  (a) (1) Any person against which any civil judgment is entered as the result of a civil action brought or threatened to be brought...
• § 5-55-109 - Criminal Penalties and Civil Penalties Mutually Exclusive.
  Section 5-55-107, which provides for additional criminal fines, and the Medicaid Fraud False Claims Act, § 20-77-901 et seq., which provides for civil penalties,...
• § 5-55-110 - Suspension of Violators.
  The Director of the Department of Health and Human Services may suspend or revoke the provider agreement between the Department of Health and Human...
• § 5-55-111 - Criminal Acts Constituting Medicaid Fraud.
  A person commits medicaid fraud when he or she: (1) Purposely makes or causes to be made any false statement or representation of a...
• § 5-55-112 - Disposition of Offenders.
  For a prosecution under this subchapter:(1) The punishment shall be fixed by the finder of fact, whether a court or a jury; and(2) Restitution...
• § 5-55-113 - Reward for Information.
  (a) The court may pay a person such sums, not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the aggregate penalty recovered, as the court may deem...
• § 5-55-114 - Special Deputy Prosecutor.
  (a) An attorney employed by the office of the Attorney General may be designated a special deputy prosecutor by the prosecuting attorney having criminal...

Last modified: November 15, 2016