Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 177.25 — Health care fraud in the first degree
N.Y. Penal Law § 177.25
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Penal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 177.25 Health care fraud in the first degree.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 177.25 — Health care fraud in the first degree is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 177.25 Health care fraud in the first degree.
A person is guilty of health care fraud in the first degree when such person, on one or more occasions, commits the crime of health care fraud in the fifth degree and the payment or portion of the payment wrongfully received, as the case may be, from a single health plan, in a period of not more than one year, exceeds one million dollars in the aggregate.
Health care fraud in the first degree is a class B felony.