# Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Safe Harbors for Protecting Health Plans
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 1996-01-25 · Effective 1996-01-25 · 61 FR 2122
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-1073
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 2122
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 1001
- **Publication date:** 1996-01-25
- **Effective date:** 1996-01-25
## Abstract

In accordance with section 14 of the Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act of 1987, this final rule sets forth various standards and guidelines for safe harbor provisions designed to protect certain health care plans, such as health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations, under the Medicare and State health care programs' anti-kickback statute. These safe harbor provisions were originally published in the Federal Register on November 5, 1992 in interim final form. In response to the various public comments received, this final rule revises and clarifies various aspects of that earlier rulemaking.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/01/25/96-1073/medicare-and-state-health-care-programs-fraud-and-abuse-safe-harbors-for-protecting-health-plans)
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