# Fraud and Abuse; Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Creation of New Safe Harbor Protection for Certain Point-of-Sale Reductions in Price on Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Certain Pharmacy Benefit Manager Service Fees; Additional Delayed Effective Date
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule; notification of court-ordered delay of effective date. · Published 2021-03-22 · Effective 2023-01-01 · 86 FR 15132
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-05903
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 15132
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 1001
- **Publication date:** 2021-03-22
- **Effective date:** 2023-01-01
## Abstract

As required by an order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, this action provides notice of the delay of the effective date of certain amendments to the safe harbors to the Federal anti-kickback statute that were promulgated in a final rule ("Fraud And Abuse; Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals And Creation of New Safe Harbor Protection for Certain Point-of-Sale Reductions in Price on Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Certain Pharmacy Benefit Manager Service Fees") published on November 30, 2020. The new effective date for these certain amendments is January 1, 2023.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/22/2021-05903/fraud-and-abuse-removal-of-safe-harbor-protection-for-rebates-involving-prescription-pharmaceuticals)
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