§ 1347. Health care fraud

• (a) Whoever knowingly and willfully executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice—
  • (1) to defraud any health care benefit program; or
  • (2) to obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, any of the money or property owned by, or under the custody or control of, any health care benefit program,
• (b) With respect to violations of this section, a person need not have actual knowledge of this section or specific intent to commit a violation of this section.