Implementing DRA Section 6032: False Claims Acts Information

Section 6032 of the Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (“DRA”) requires entities that make or receive annual Medicaid payments of $5 million or more to provide in written policies applicable to employees, contracts and agents detailed information about the False Claims Act and any state laws that pertain to civil or criminal penalties for making false claims and statements, and the whistleblower protection under such laws, including the role of such laws in preventing and detecting fraud, waste and abuse in federal health care programs. The policies must also include detailed information about the entity’s policies and procedures for detecting and preventing fraud, waste and abuse. Finally, the employee handbook for the entity must include a specific discussion of the laws, the rights of employees to be protected as whistleblowers and the entity’s compliance policies.

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