In this chapter, (1) 'attorney general' includes a designee of the attorney general; (2) 'claim' means a request for payment of health care services or equipment, whether made to a contractor, grantee, or other person, when the state provides, directly or indirectly, a portion of the money, property, or services requested or demanded, or when the state will, directly or indirectly, reimburse the contractor, grantee, or other recipient for a portion of the money, property, or services requested or demanded; (3) 'controversy' means the aggregate of one or more false claims submitted by the same medical assistance provider or medical assistance recipient under this chapter; (4) 'knowingly' means that a person, with or without specific intent to defraud, (A) has actual knowledge of the information; (B) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or (C) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information; (5) 'medical assistance program' means the federal-state program administered by the Department of Health under AS 47.05 and AS 47.07 and regulations adopted under AS 47.05 and AS 47.07; (6) 'medical assistance provider' has the meaning s the federal-state program administered by the Department of Health under AS 47.05 and AS 47.07 and regulations adopted under AS 47.05 and AS 47.07; (6) 'medical assistance provider' has the meaning given in AS 47.05.290; (7) 'medical assistance recipient' has the meaning given in AS 47.05.290; (8) 'obligation' means an established duty, whether or not fixed, arising from (A) an express or implied contractual grantor or grantee or licensor or licensee relationship; (B) a fee-based or similar relationship; (C) a statute or regulation; or (D) the retention of any overpayment.
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