Maryland Criminal Law Section 8-508
§ 8-508.
  (a)   In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.
  (b)   "False representation" means the knowing and willful:
    (1)   concealing, falsifying, or omitting of a material fact;
    (2)   making of a materially false or fraudulent statement; or
    (3)   use of a document that contains a statement of material fact that the user knows to be false or fraudulent.
  (c)   (1)   "Health care service" means health or medical care procedures, goods, or services that:
      (i)   provide testing, diagnosis, or treatment of human disease or dysfunction; or
      (ii)   dispense drugs, medical devices, medical appliances, or medical goods for the treatment of human disease or dysfunction.
    (2)   "Health care service" includes any procedure, goods, or service that is a required benefit of a State health plan.
  (d)   "Representation" includes an acknowledgment, certification, claim, ratification, report of demographic statistics, encounter data, enrollment claims, financial information, health care services available or rendered, and qualifications of a person rendering health care or ancillary services.
  (e)   "Serious injury" means an injury that:
    (1)   creates a substantial risk of death;
    (2)   causes serious permanent or serious protracted disfigurement;
    (3)   causes serious permanent or serious protracted loss of the function of any body part, organ, or mental faculty;
    (4)   causes serious permanent or serious protracted impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ; or
    (5)   involves extreme physical pain.
  (f)   (1)   "State health plan" includes:
      (i)   the State Medical Assistance Plan established in accordance with Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act of 1939;
      (ii)   a medical assistance plan established by the State; or
      (iii)   a private health insurance carrier, health maintenance organization, managed care organization as defined in § 15-101 of the Health - General Article, health care cooperative or alliance, or other person that provides or contracts to provide health care services that are wholly or partly reimbursed by or are a required benefit of a health plan established in accordance with Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act of 1939 or by the State.
    (2)   "State health plan" includes a person that provides or contracts or subcontracts to provide health care services for an entity described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.