(1) “attorney general” includes a designee of the attorney general;
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 09.58.100
Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2) “claim” means a request for payment of health care services or equipment, whether made to a contractor, grantee, or other person, when the state provides, directly or indirectly, a portion of the money, property, or services requested or demanded, or when the state will, directly or indirectly, reimburse the contractor, grantee, or other recipient for a portion of the money, property, or services requested or demanded;(3) “controversy” means the aggregate of one or more false claims submitted by the same medical assistance provider or medical assistance recipient under this chapter;(4) “knowingly” means that a person, with or without specific intent to defraud,
(A) has actual knowledge of the information;(B) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or(C) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information;(5) “medical assistance program” means the federal-state program administered by the Department of Health under Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.05 and Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.07 and regulations adopted under Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.05 and Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.07;(6) “medical assistance provider” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 47.05.290;(7) “medical assistance recipient” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 47.05.290;(8) “obligation” means an established duty, whether or not fixed, arising from
(A) an express or implied contractual grantor or grantee or licensor or licensee relationship;(B) a fee-based or similar relationship;(C) a statute or regulation; or(D) the retention of any overpayment.
