Medicare and State Health Care Programs and Program Fraud Civil Remedies: Fraud and Abuse; Civil Money Penalties Inflation Adjustments
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 1996-10-07 · Effective 1996-11-06 · 61 FR 52299
Document
Document number
96-25256
Federal Register citation
61 FR 52299
CFR reference
42 CFR 1003
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
1996-10-07
Effective date
1996-11-06
Abstract
In accordance with Federal Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, this final rule incorporates the penalty inflation adjustments for the civil money penalties for health case fraud and abuse. These inflation adjustment calculations are not applicable to those civil money penalties contained in the Social Security Act, which are exempted from this adjustment.