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N.M. Stat. § 27-14-1 (2026)

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Chapter 27, Article 14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Medicaid False Claims Act".

History: Laws 2004, ch. 49, § 1; 2024, ch. 39, § 118.

                                    ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For the Medicaid Fraud Act, see Chapter 30, Article 44 NMSA
1978.

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, changed "This" to "Chapter 27, Article 14
NMSA 1978".
27-14-2. Purpose.
   The purpose of the Medicaid False Claims Act is to deter persons from causing or
assisting to cause the state to pay medicaid claims that are false and to provide
remedies for obtaining treble damages and civil recoveries for the state when money is
obtained from the state by reason of a false claim.

History: Laws 2004, ch. 49, § 2.

                                   ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 49 contained no effective date provision, but,
pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after
adjournment of the legislature.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 2011–2025 · leading case: United States v. Dental Dreams, LLC, 307 F. Supp. 3d 1224 (D.N.M. 2018).
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United States v. Dental Dreams, LLC, 307 F. Supp. 3d 1224 (D.N.M. 2018). · cites it 2× “In his response, however, Plaintiff stated he "is not pressing claims under the FCA or its New Mexico counterparts against any of Defendants other than Family Smiles.”
New York v. Amgen Inc., 652 F.3d 103 (1st Cir. 2011). “12, §§ 5A to 50; New Mexico Medicaid False Claims Act, N.M. Stat. Ann. §§ 27-14-1 to 27-14-15; New York False Claims Act, N.”
United States ex rel. Dickson v. Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co., 123 F. Supp. 3d 584 (D.N.J. 2015). “§ 17-8-401 to -412; (Count 17) New Mexico False Claims Act, N.M. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-1 to -15; (Count 18) New York False Claims Act, N.”
United States v. Deming Hosp. Corp., 992 F. Supp. 2d 1137 (D.N.M. 2013). “§ 27-14-1 et seq., and the New Mexico Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, id.”
State ex rel. Balderas v. Bristol-Myers Squibb, 436 P.3d 724 (N.M. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “{4} Similarly, the New Mexico Medicaid False Claims Act (MFCA), NMSA 1978, §§ 27-14-1 to -15 (2004), provides for liability where a person presents "a claim for payment under the medicaid program knowing that such claim is false" or otherwise defrauds the state through the state…”
La Frontera Ctr., Inc. v. United Behavioral Health, Inc. (D.N.M. 2024). · cites it 6× “Defendants assert that the New Mexico HSD report absolved them of any wrongdoing, because it found that there was not substantial evidence to support a violation of NMSA 1978 § 27-14-1, New Mexico’s Medicaid False Claims Act.”
Kuriyan v. HCSC Ins. Servs. (D.N.M. 2022). · cites it 2× “§§ 27-14-1 through 27-14-15 (“NMMFCA”). The Court concludes that, before Dr.”
La Frontera Ctr., Inc. v. United Behavioral Health, Inc. (D.N.M. 2023). · cites it 2× “; N.M. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-1 et seq.; N.M. Stat.”
Douglas v. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Soc'y (D.N.M. 2025). · cites it 2× “If a private right of action has not been explicitly created, then the “judicial task is to interpret the statute Congress has passed to determine whether it displays an intent to create not just a private 1 Douglas raises other causes of action not at issue here including…”
La Frontera Ctr., Inc. v. United Behavioral Health, Inc. (D.N.M. 2023). “§§ 27-14-1 through 27-14-14; and the New Mexico Medicaid Fraud Act (“NMMFA”), N.”
United States of Am. v. Siemens Med. Solutions USA, Inc. (E.D.N.Y 2023). “; the New Mexico Medicaid False Claims Act and Fraud Against Tax Payers Act, N.M. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-1 et seq. and § 44- 9-1 et seq.”
United States of Am. ex rel. Rebecca Miller v. Reckitt Benckiser Grp. PLC, Inc. (W.D. Va. 2023). “Again, Miller brings Count 19 under two state laws, the New Mexico Medicaid False Claims Act, N.M. Stat. Ann. §§ 27-14-1 through 27-14-15, and the New Mexico Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, N.”
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