{"data":{"id":"us-nm/27-14-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"27-14-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Medicaid False Claims Act:\nA. \"claim\" means a written or electronically submitted request for payment of health care services pursuant to the medicaid program;\nB. \"department\" or \"authority\" means the health care authority;\nC. \"medicaid\" means the federal-state program administered by the health care authority pursuant to Title 19 or Title 21 of the federal Social Security Act;\nD. \"medicaid recipient\" means a person on whose behalf a person claims or receives a payment from the medicaid program, regardless of whether the person was eligible for the medicaid program; and\nE. \"qui tam\" means an action brought under a statute that allows a private person to sue for a recovery, part of which the state will receive.","path":["Chapter 27 - Public Assistance","ARTICLE 14 Medicaid False Claims Act"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18527/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"8e0e2d1c956bca822538416bc507bf274dfca098e2c9837c63fb4c808fa45c57","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/27-14-2","next":"us-nm/27-14-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}