# Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to the Office of Inspector General's Civil Monetary Penalty Rules
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2016-12-07 · Effective 2017-01-06 · 81 FR 88334
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-28293
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 88334
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 1003
- **Publication date:** 2016-12-07
- **Effective date:** 2017-01-06
## Abstract

This final rule amends the civil monetary penalty (CMP or penalty) rules of the Office of Inspector General to incorporate new CMP authorities, clarify existing authorities, and reorganize regulations on civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions to improve readability and clarity.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/07/2016-28293/medicare-and-state-health-care-programs-fraud-and-abuse-revisions-to-the-office-of-inspector)
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