249A.50 Fraudulent practices — investigations and audits — Medicaid fraud fund.
1. A person who obtains assistance or payments for medical assistance under this chapter by knowingly making or causing to be made, a false statement or a misrepresentation of a material fact or by knowingly failing to disclose a material fact required of an applicant for aid under the provisions of this chapter and a person who knowingly makes or causes to be made, a false statement or a misrepresentation of a material fact or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact concerning the applicant’s eligibility for aid under this chapter commits a fraudulent practice.
2. The department of inspections and appeals shall conduct investigations and audits as deemed necessary to ensure compliance with the medical assistance program administered under this chapter. The department of inspections and appeals shall cooperate with the department of human services on the development of procedures relating to such investigations and audits to ensure compliance with federal and state single state agency requirements.
3. a. A Medicaid fraud fund is created in the state treasury under the authority of the department of inspections and appeals. Moneys from penalties, investigative costs recouped by the Medicaid fraud control unit, and other amounts received as a result of prosecutions involving the department of inspections and appeals investigations and audits to ensure compliance with the medical assistance program that are not credited to the program shall be credited to the fund.
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the fund from any other account or fund shall not revert to the other account or fund. Moneys in the fund shall only be used as provided in appropriations from the fund and shall be used in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and the policies of the office of inspector general of the United States department of health and human services.
c. For the purposes of this subsection, “investigative costs” means the reasonable value of a Medicaid fraud control unit investigator’s, auditor’s or employee’s time, any moneys expended by the Medicaid fraud control unit, and the reasonable fair market value of resources used or expended by the Medicaid fraud control unit in a case resulting in a criminal conviction of a provider under this chapter or chapter 714 or 715A.
[C62, 66, §249A.15; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §249A.7]
90 Acts, ch 1204, §63; 97 Acts, ch 56, §3; 2009 Acts, ch 136, §10; 2011 Acts, ch 52, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 127, §49, 89; 2013 Acts, ch 24, §14
C2014, §249A.50
Referred to in §910.1
Fraudulent practices, see §714.8 – 714.14
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 249A - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Section 249A.3A - Medical assistance — all income-eligible children.
Section 249A.4 - Duties of director.
Section 249A.4A - Garnishment.
Section 249A.4B - Medical assistance advisory council.
Section 249A.5 - Recovery of payment.
Section 249A.6 - Assignment — lien.
Section 249A.6A - Restitution.
Section 249A.7 - Fraudulent practices — investigations and audits — Medicaid fraud fund.
Section 249A.8 - Fraudulent practice.
Section 249A.11 - Payment for patient care segregated.
Section 249A.12 - Assistance to persons with an intellectual disability.
Section 249A.14 - County attorney to enforce.
Section 249A.15 - Licensed psychologists eligible for payment — provisional licensees.
Section 249A.15B - Speech pathologists eligible for payment.
Section 249A.16 - New rates for services — effective date.
Section 249A.17 - Transitional medical assistance.
Section 249A.18A - Resident assessment.
Section 249A.19 - Health care facilities — penalty.
Section 249A.20 - Noninstitutional health providers — reimbursement.
Section 249A.20A - Preferred drug list program.
Section 249A.20B - Nursing facility quality assurance assessment.
Section 249A.24 - Iowa medical assistance drug utilization review commission — created.
Section 249A.27 - Indemnity for case management and disallowed costs.
Section 249A.29 - Home and community-based services waiver providers — records checks.
Section 249A.30A - Medical assistance — personal needs allowance.
Section 249A.32A - Home and community-based services waivers — limitations.
Section 249A.32B - Early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment funding.
Section 249A.33 - Pharmaceutical settlement account — medical assistance program.
Section 249A.34 - Medical assistance crisis intervention team.
Section 249A.36 - Medical assistance quality improvement council.
Section 249A.37 - Health care information sharing.
Section 249A.38 - Inmates of public institutions — suspension of medical assistance.
Section 249A.39 - Reporting of overpayment.
Section 249A.40 - Involuntarily dissolved providers — overpayments or incorrect payments.
Section 249A.41 - Overpayment — interest.
Section 249A.42 - Overpayment — limitations periods.
Section 249A.43 - Provider overpayment — notice — judgment.
Section 249A.44 - Overpayment — emergency relief.
Section 249A.45 - Provider’s third-party submissions.
Section 249A.46 - Liability of other persons — repayment of claims.
Section 249A.48 - Temporary moratoria.
Section 249A.49 - Internet site — providers found in violation of medical assistance program.
Section 249A.50 - Fraudulent practices — investigations and audits — Medicaid fraud fund.
Section 249A.51 - Fraudulent practice.
Section 249A.52 - Garnishment.
Section 249A.53 - Recovery of payment.
Section 249A.54 - Assignment — lien.
Section 249A.55 - Restitution.