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5-55-103. Unlawful acts — Classification.
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5-55-103. Unlawful acts — Classification.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to commit Medicaid fraud as prohibited by § 5-55-111.
(b) Medicaid fraud is a:
(1) Class C felony if the aggregate amount of payments illegally claimed is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more but less than five thousand dollars ($5,000);
(2) Class B felony if the aggregate amount of payments illegally claimed is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more but less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000); and
(3) Class A felony if the aggregate amount of payments illegally claimed is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more.
(c) Otherwise, Medicaid fraud is a Class A misdemeanor.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-55-103
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5-55-103. Unlawful acts — Classification.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to commit Medicaid fraud as prohibited by § 5-55-111.
(b) Medicaid fraud is a:
(1) Class C felony if the aggregate amount of payments illegally claimed is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more but less than five thousand dollars ($5,000);
(2) Class B felony if the aggregate amount of payments illegally claimed is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more but less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000); and
(3) Class A felony if the aggregate amount of payments illegally claimed is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more.
(c) Otherwise, Medicaid fraud is a Class A misdemeanor.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
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 omission or false statement or representation of a material fact in any claim, request for payment, or application for any benefit or payment under the Arkansas Medicaid Program;
(2) At any time purposely makes or causes to be made any omission or false statement or representation of a material fact for use in determining rights to a benefit or payment under the Arkansas Medicaid Program;
(3) Having knowledge of the occurrence of any event affecting his or her initial or continued right to any benefit or payment under the Arkansas Medicaid Program, or the initial or continued right to any benefit or payment under the Arkansas Medicaid Program of any other individual in whose behalf he or she has applied for or is receiving the benefit or payment under the Arkansas Medicaid Program, purposely conceals or fails to disclose the event with an intent fraudulently to secure the benefit or payment under the Arkansas Medicaid Program either in a greater amount or quantity than is due or when no benefit or payment under the Arkansas Medicaid Program is authorized;
(4) Having made or submitted a claim, request for payment, or application to receive any benefit or payment under the Arkansas Medicaid Program for the use and benefit of another person and having received it, purposely converts the benefit or payment under the Arkansas Medicaid Program or any part of the benefit or payment under the Arkansas Medicaid Program to a use other than for the use and benefit of the other person;
(5) Purposely presents or causes to be presented a claim for a service required to be provided by a person with a particular type of license or
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-55-111
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-55-111. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.