Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-22-1101 - Basis for Civil Monetary Penalties and Assessments for Fraudulent Claims; Definitions
A.
Scope. This Article applies to prohibited acts as described under A.R.S. §
36-2918(A),
and submissions of encounters to the Administration. The Administration
considers a person who aids and abets a prohibited act affecting any of the
AHCCCS programs or Health Care Group to be engaging in a prohibited act under
A.R.S. §
36-2918(A).
B. Purpose. This Article describes the
circumstances AHCCCS considers and the process that AHCCCS uses to determine
the amount of a penalty, assessment, or penalty and assessment as required
under A.R.S. §
36-2918.
This Article includes the process and time-frames used by a person to request a
State Fair Hearing.
C. Definitions.
The following definitions apply to this Article:
1. "Assessment" means a monetary amount that
does not exceed twice the dollar amount claimed by the person for each
service.
2. "Claim" means a request
for payment submitted by a person for payment for a service or line item of
service, including a submission of an encounter.
3. "Day" means calendar day unless otherwise
specified.
4. "File" means the date
that AHCCCS receives a written acceptance, request for compromise, request for
a counter proposal, or a request for a State Fair Hearing as established by a
date stamp on the written document or other record of receipt.
5. "Penalty" means a monetary amount, based
on the number of items of service claimed or reported, that does not exceed
$2,000 times the number of line items of service.
6. "Person" means an individual or entity as
described under A.R.S. §
1-215.
7. "Reason to know" or "had reason to know"
means that a person, acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of,
or with reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of information. No proof of
specific intent to defraud is required.
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