Fraud and Abuse Referral Form
If you suspect any fraud or abuse of publicly-supplied vaccine please report the activity by submitting the form below. We cannot release information about the status of or findings from an investigation of suspected Fraud or Abuse. Information collected during the investigation may be shared with the Wyoming Department of Health and other government agencies, as allowed by law.
What is Fraud? Fraud is an intentional deception or misrepresentation made by a person with the knowledge that the deception could result in some unauthorized benefit to himself or some other person. It includes any act that constitutes fraud under applicable federal or state law.
What is Abuse? Abuse refers to provider practices that are inconsistent with sound fiscal, business, or medical practices and result in an unnecessary cost to the Medicaid program, (and/or including actions that result in an unnecessary cost to the immunization program, a health insurance company, or a patient); or in reimbursement for services that are not medically necessary or that fail to meet professionally recognized standards for health care. It also includes recipient practices that result in unnecessary cost to the Medicaid program.