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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:437.8

  • Health care provider: means any person furnishing or claiming to furnish a good, service, or supply under the medical assistance programs, any other person defined as a health care provider by federal or state law or by rule, and a provider-in-fact. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:437.3
  • Recovery: means the recovery of overpayments, damages, fines, penalties, costs, expenses, restitution, attorney fees, or interest or settlement amounts. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:437.3

An action instituted pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 46:437.6 or 437.7 may be brought in any of the following courts:

(1)  The Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge.

(2)  A district court in the parish in which a health care provider or other person from whom recovery may be sought has its principal place of business or is domiciled.

Acts 1997, No. 1373, §1.