Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 47.05.210 (2026)
Medical assistance fraud
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Sec. 47.05.210. Medical assistance fraud.
(a) A person commits the crime of medical assistance fraud if the person
(1) knowingly submits or authorizes the submission of a claim to a medical assistance agency for property, services, or a benefit with reckless disregard that the claimant is not entitled to the property, services, or benefit;
(2) knowingly prepares or assists another person to prepare a claim for submission to a medical assistance agency for property, services, or a benefit with reckless disregard that the claimant is not entitled to the property, services, or benefit;
(3) except as otherwise authorized under the medical assistance program, confers, offers to confer, solicits, agrees to accept, or accepts property, services, or a benefit
(A) to refer a medical assistance recipient to a health care provider; or
(B) for providing health care to a medical assistance recipient if the property, services, or benefit is in addition to payment by a medical assistance agency;
(4) does not produce medical assistance records to a person authorized to request the records;
(5) knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters a medical assistance record;
(6) knowingly destroys, mutilates, suppresses, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of a medical assistance record knowing that the person lacks the authority to do so; or
(7) violates a provision of AS 47.07 or AS 47.08 or a regulation adopted under AS 47.07 or AS 47.08.
(b) Medical assistance fraud under (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section is
(1) a class B felony if the portion of the claim or claims submitted in violation of (a)(1) or (2) of this section, or the value of the property, services, or benefit that is in violation of (a)(3) of this section, is $25,000 or more;
(2) a class C felony if the portion of the claim or claims submitted in violation of (a)(1) or (2) of this section, or the value of the property, services, or benefit that is in violation of (a)(3) of this section, is $500 or more but less than $25,000;
(3) a class A misdemeanor if the portion of the claim or claims submitted in violation of (a)(1) or (2) of this section, or the value of the property, services, or benefit that is in violation of (a)(3) of this section, is less than $500.
(c) Medical assistance fraud under (a)(4), (5), or (6) of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
(d) Medical assistance fraud under (a)(7) of this section is a class B misdemeanor.
(a) A person commits the crime of medical assistance fraud if the person
(1) knowingly submits or authorizes the submission of a claim to a medical assistance agency for property, services, or a benefit with reckless disregard that the claimant is not entitled to the property, services, or benefit;
(2) knowingly prepares or assists another person to prepare a claim for submission to a medical assistance agency for property, services, or a benefit with reckless disregard that the claimant is not entitled to the property, services, or benefit;
(3) except as otherwise authorized under the medical assistance program, confers, offers to confer, solicits, agrees to accept, or accepts property, services, or a benefit
(A) to refer a medical assistance recipient to a health care provider; or
(B) for providing health care to a medical assistance recipient if the property, services, or benefit is in addition to payment by a medical assistance agency;
(4) does not produce medical assistance records to a person authorized to request the records;
(5) knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters a medical assistance record;
(6) knowingly destroys, mutilates, suppresses, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of a medical assistance record knowing that the person lacks the authority to do so; or
(7) violates a provision of AS 47.07 or AS 47.08 or a regulation adopted under AS 47.07 or AS 47.08.
(b) Medical assistance fraud under (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section is
(1) a class B felony if the portion of the claim or claims submitted in violation of (a)(1) or (2) of this section, or the value of the property, services, or benefit that is in violation of (a)(3) of this section, is $25,000 or more;
(2) a class C felony if the portion of the claim or claims submitted in violation of (a)(1) or (2) of this section, or the value of the property, services, or benefit that is in violation of (a)(3) of this section, is $500 or more but less than $25,000;
(3) a class A misdemeanor if the portion of the claim or claims submitted in violation of (a)(1) or (2) of this section, or the value of the property, services, or benefit that is in violation of (a)(3) of this section, is less than $500.
(c) Medical assistance fraud under (a)(4), (5), or (6) of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
(d) Medical assistance fraud under (a)(7) of this section is a class B misdemeanor.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2017–2025 · leading case: Ghosh v. State, 400 P.3d 147 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017).
Ghosh v. State, 400 P.3d 147 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017). “However, we vacate Judge Vol-land’s ruling that Ghosh has waived any right to relief, and we. also reject Ghosh’s argument that he is entitled to-specific performance of the plea agreement under the interpretation proposed by his attorney.”
Jong H. Choi v. State of Alaska, 528 P.3d 463 (Alaska Ct. App. 2023). “In the charging document in this case, the State provided the following explanation of how Medicaid compensates personal care assistants (PCAs): 1 AS 47.05.210(a)(1), (5). –2– 2744 PCAs are health care providers that the Alaska Medicaid Program pays to provide home based…”
Seth Albert Lookhart v. State of Alaska (Alaska Ct. App. 2025). “The affidavit asserted that the “concealed property” was evidence of the crime of medical assistance fraud (in violation of AS 47.05.210) and tended to show that Clear Creek Dental, its owners, and its employees committed this crime.”
Margaret Valerie Williams v. State of Alaska, 542 P.3d 230 (Alaska Ct. App. 2023). “1 AS 47.05.210(a)(1) and AS 11.46.600(a)(2), respectively.”
— Alaska Stat. § 47.05.210(a)(1) — 3 cases
Jong H. Choi v. State of Alaska, 528 P.3d 463 (Alaska Ct. App. 2023). “In the charging document in this case, the State provided the following explanation of how Medicaid compensates personal care assistants (PCAs): 1 AS 47.05.210(a)(1), (5). –2– 2744 PCAs are health care providers that the Alaska Medicaid Program pays to provide home based…”
Margaret Valerie Williams v. State of Alaska, 542 P.3d 230 (Alaska Ct. App. 2023). “1 AS 47.05.210(a)(1) and AS 11.46.600(a)(2), respectively.”
Seth Albert Lookhart v. State of Alaska (Alaska Ct. App. 2025). “The affidavit asserted that the “concealed property” was evidence of the crime of medical assistance fraud (in violation of AS 47.05.210) and tended to show that Clear Creek Dental, its owners, and its employees committed this crime.”
— Alaska Stat. § 47.05.210(a)(2) — 2 cases
Ghosh v. State, 400 P.3d 147 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017). “However, we vacate Judge Vol-land’s ruling that Ghosh has waived any right to relief, and we. also reject Ghosh’s argument that he is entitled to-specific performance of the plea agreement under the interpretation proposed by his attorney.”
Jong H. Choi v. State of Alaska, 528 P.3d 463 (Alaska Ct. App. 2023). “In the charging document in this case, the State provided the following explanation of how Medicaid compensates personal care assistants (PCAs): 1 AS 47.05.210(a)(1), (5). –2– 2744 PCAs are health care providers that the Alaska Medicaid Program pays to provide home based…”
— Alaska Stat. § 47.05.210(a)(5) — 2 cases
Jong H. Choi v. State of Alaska, 528 P.3d 463 (Alaska Ct. App. 2023). “In the charging document in this case, the State provided the following explanation of how Medicaid compensates personal care assistants (PCAs): 1 AS 47.05.210(a)(1), (5). –2– 2744 PCAs are health care providers that the Alaska Medicaid Program pays to provide home based…”
Seth Albert Lookhart v. State of Alaska (Alaska Ct. App. 2025). “The affidavit asserted that the “concealed property” was evidence of the crime of medical assistance fraud (in violation of AS 47.05.210) and tended to show that Clear Creek Dental, its owners, and its employees committed this crime.”
— Alaska Stat. § 47.05.210(b)(1) — 1 case
Ghosh v. State, 400 P.3d 147 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017). “However, we vacate Judge Vol-land’s ruling that Ghosh has waived any right to relief, and we. also reject Ghosh’s argument that he is entitled to-specific performance of the plea agreement under the interpretation proposed by his attorney.”
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