Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to the Civil Money Penalty Provisions Relating to the Misuse of Certain Names, Symbols and Emblems
medicaid · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 1995-11-27 · Effective 1995-11-27 · 60 FR 58239
Document
Document number
95-28307
Federal Register citation
60 FR 58239
CFR reference
42 CFR 1003
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicaid
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
1995-11-27
Effective date
1995-11-27
Abstract
In accordance with amendments to section 1140 of the Social Security Act, resulting from the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994, this final rule makes a number of revisions to the civil money penalty authority regulations relating to the misuse of certain symbols, emblems and names. Among other revisions, this rule eliminates the annual cap on penalties, includes the words and letters of the Department and Medicaid under the prohibition, and redefines a violation with regard to mailings. In addition, this final rule serves to remove references to Social Security and the Social Security Administration (SSA) from the HHS/OIG penalty regulations. The penalty regulations addressing the misuse of certain words, letters, symbols and emblems for SSA and its programs are being set forth in a new part of the Code of Federal Regulations published elsewhere in this edition of the Federal Register.