§9-7-2 Definitions.
§9-7-2. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article:
(1) "Assistance" means money payments, medical care, transportation and other goods and services necessary for the health or welfare of individuals, including guidance, counseling and other welfare services and shall include all items of any nature contained within the definition of "welfare assistance" in section two, article one of this chapter.
(2) "Benefits" means money payments, goods, services, or any other thing of value.
(3) "Claim" means an application for payment for goods or services provided under the medical programs of the department of welfare.
(4) "Medicaid" means that assistance provided under a state plan implemented pursuant to the provisions of subchapter nineteen, chapter seven, Title 42, United States Code, as that chapter has been and may hereafter be amended.
(5) "Provider" means any individual or entity furnishing goods or services under the medical programs of the department of welfare.
(6) "Unit" means the medicaid fraud control unit established under section one of this article.