§ 752.1001 Short title
§ 752.1002 Definitions
§ 752.1003 False claims, statements, or representations; violation as separate offense; liability of health facility or agency; concealing or failing to disclose certain events; violation of section as felo
§ 752.1004 Kickbacks, bribes, or rebates as felony; penalty
§ 752.1004a Violation of MCL 752.1004; exceptions; cost-sharing requirements not altered; definitions
§ 752.1004b Rebate or discount from medical supply or device manufacturer; use; effect
§ 752.1005 Agreement, combination, or conspiracy to defraud as felony; penalty
§ 752.1006 Second or subsequent offense; penalty
§ 752.1007 Evidence; rebuttable presumptions
§ 752.1008 Investigation; service and contents of written demands; action to enforce demand; serving notice of hearing and copy of pleadings; orders; confidentiality; duties of peace officers appointed as i
§ 752.1008a Person not subject to civil liability
§ 752.1009 Liability of person to health care corporation or health care insurer
§ 752.1010 Restitution
§ 752.1011 Prosecution or civil action for violation of other laws
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 752 > Act 323 of 1984 - The Health Care False Claim Act

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Claim: means any attempt to cause a health care corporation or health care insurer to make the payment of a health care benefit. See Michigan Laws 752.1002
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deceptive: means making a claim to a health care corporation or health care insurer which contains a statement of fact or which fails to reveal a material fact, which statement or failure leads the health care corporation or health care insurer to believe the represented or suggested state of affair to be other than it actually is. See Michigan Laws 752.1002
  • False: means wholly or partially untrue or deceptive. See Michigan Laws 752.1002
  • Health care benefit: means the right under a contract or a certificate or policy of insurance to have a payment made by a health care corporation or health care insurer for a specified health care service. See Michigan Laws 752.1002
  • Health care corporation: means a nonprofit dental care corporation incorporated under Act No. See Michigan Laws 752.1002
  • Health care insurer: means any insurance company authorized to provide health insurance in this state or any legal entity which is self-insured and providing health care benefits to its employees. See Michigan Laws 752.1002
  • Health facility or agency: means a health facility or agency, as defined in section 20106 of the public health code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 752.1002
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • knowingly: means that a person is in possession of facts under which he or she is aware or should be aware of the nature of his or her conduct and that his or her conduct is substantially certain to cause the payment of a health care benefit. See Michigan Laws 752.1002
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 752.1002
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o