4414 - Health care compliance programs. - New York Statutes

§ 4414. Health care compliance programs. The commissioner of health, after consultation with the superintendent of insurance, shall by regulation establish standards and criteria for compliance programs to be implemented by persons providing coverage or coverage and service pursuant to any public or governmentally-sponsored or supported plan for health care coverage or services. Such regulations shall include provisions for the design and implementation of programs or processes to prevent, detect and address instances of fraud and abuse. Such regulations shall take into account the nature of the entity's business and the size of its enrolled population. The commissioner of health and the superintendent of insurance shall accept programs and processes implemented pursuant to section four hundred nine of the insurance law as satisfying the obligations of this section and the regulations promulgated thereunder when such programs and processes incorporate the objectives contemplated by this section.