# Medicare Program; Incentive Programs-Fraud and Abuse
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule with comment period. · Published 1998-06-08 · Effective 1998-07-08 · 63 FR 31123
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-15155
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 31123
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 420
- **Publication date:** 1998-06-08
- **Effective date:** 1998-07-08
- **HHS docket:** HCFA-6144-FC
## Abstract

This final rule with comment period establishes a program for payment to individuals who provide information on Medicare fraud and abuse or other sanctionable activities. This final rule implements section 203(b) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/06/08/98-15155/medicare-program-incentive-programs-fraud-and-abuse)
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