Charity Care Fraud Prevention and Detection Act

December 20, 2007 - 1:45pm
PRESS RELEASE

ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ROBERTS CHARITY CARE ANTI-FRAUD ACT SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR

ROBERTS CHARITY CARE ANTI-FRAUD ACT SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR

Measure Will Crack Down on People Who Lie about Incomes to Receive Free Care; Impose 2-for-1 Penalty if Hospital Is Culpable for Processing a Fraudulent Claim

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr., sponsored to curtail waste, fraud, and abuse in the state subsidy program that reimburses hospitals for services provided to patients who do not have health insurance or who cannot afford to pay for care was signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine.

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