{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-108a-70.11","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-70.11","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Definitions. - As used in this Part:\n(1)\t\"Attorney General\" means the Attorney General or any Deputy, Assistant, or Associate Attorney General.\n(2)\t\"Claim\" means an application for payment or approval or for use in determining entitlement to payment presented to the Medical Assistance Program in any form, including written, electronic, or magnetic, which identifies a service, good, or accommodation as reimbursable under the Medical Assistance Program.\n(3)\t\"Damages\" means the difference between what the Medical Assistance Program paid a provider and the amount it would have paid the provider in the absence of a violation of this section and may be established by statistical sampling methods.\n(4)\t\"Knowingly\" means that a provider, with respect to the information:\na.\tHas actual knowledge of the information;\nb.\tActs in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or\nc.\tActs in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information. No proof of specific intent to defraud is required.\n(5)\t\"Medical Assistance Program\" means the Division of Health Benefits and its fiscal agent. (1997-338, s. 1; 2019-81, s. 15(a).)","path":["Chapter 108A. Social Services.","Article 2. Programs of Public Assistance.","Part 7. Medical Assistance Provider False Claims Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_108A/GS_108A-70.11.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:16:22Z","sha256":"b7dddcec55e35ee73493f4c8f95218ae3409e7464c9dc8895286060961826d45","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-108a-70.10","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-108a-70.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}