Commonwealth v. Lurie

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

In this appeal by the Commonwealth, the issue we must decide is whether the Medicaid Fraud Abuse and Control Act, 62 Pa.S. § 1407(a)(4), § 1407(a)(7) and § 1407(a)(9), requires proof of knowing or intentional conduct to establish criminal culpability.

Norman Lurie, a licensed dentist and the appellee herein, was arrested and charged with 22 counts of Medicaid Fraud. The charges arose out of his treatment of 13 patients while he was employed at a Philadelphia dental clinic during 1984. Each of the counts was separately charged as a violation of 62 Pa.S. §…