1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fighting Medicare Fraud Act of 2018 . 2. Permissive exclusion from Federal health programs expanded to certain individuals with prior interest in sanctioned entities and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities Paragraph (15) of section 1128(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(b) ) is amended to read as follows: (15) Individuals and entities affiliated with a sanctioned entity (A) Any of the following: (i) Any individual who— (I) is a person with an ownership or control interest in a sanctioned entity or an affiliated entity of such sanctioned entity (or was a person with such an ownership or control interest at the time of any of the conduct that formed a basis for the conviction or exclusion described in subparagraph (B)); and (II) knows or should have known (as defined in section 1128A(i)(7)) (or knew or should have known) of such conduct. (ii) Any individual who is an officer or managing employee (as defined in section 1126(b)) of a sanctioned entity or affiliated entity of such sanctioned entity (or was such an officer or managing employee at the time of any of the conduct that formed a basis for the conviction or exclusion described in subparagraph (B)). (iii) Any affiliated entity of a sanctioned entity. (B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term sanctioned entity means an entity— (i) that has been convicted of any offense described in subsection (a) of this section or in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection