Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revised OIG Civil Money Penalties Resulting From Public Law 104-191

This document contains several corrections to the final regulations which were published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, April 26, 2000 (65 FR 24400). These regulations revised the OIG's civil money penalty (CMP) authorities in conjunction with new or revised provisions set forth in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and codified a number of technical corrections to the regulations governing the OIG's sanction authorities. Inadvertent errors appeared in the text of the regulations concerning the knowledge standard in Sec. 1003.102 (a)(6), and in Sec. 1005.7 with respect to discovery. In addition, an incorrect cross- reference was cited in the definition for the term "preventive care," as set forth in part 1003. As a result, we are making corrections to 42 CFR 1003.101, 1003.102(a) and 1005.7 to assure the technical correctness of these regulations.