PART VI. 
MEDICAID FRAUD UNIT



 



[§28-91]  Medicaid fraud unit.  There is
established in the department of the attorney general a medicaid fraud unit.



The unit shall employ such attorneys, auditors,
investigators, and other personnel as necessary to promote the effective and
efficient conduct of the unit's activities.  Except for the attorneys, all
other employees of the medicaid fraud unit shall be subject to chapter 76.



The purpose of the medicaid fraud unit shall be
to conduct a statewide program for the investigation and prosecution of
medicaid fraud cases and violations of all applicable state laws relating to
the providing of medical assistance and the activities of providers of such
assistance.  The medicaid fraud unit may also review and take appropriate
action on complaints of abuse and neglect of patients of health care facilities
receiving payments under the state plan for medical assistance and may provide
for collection or referral for collection of overpayments made under the state
plan for medical assistance that are discovered by the unit in carrying out its
activities. [L 1978, c 106, §2; am L 2000, c 253, §150]



 



Law Journals and Reviews



 



  Holding Hawai`i Nursing Facilities Accountable for the
Inadequate Pain Management of Elderly Residents.  27 UH L. Rev. 233.