Medicare and Medicaid Program; Civil Money Penalties, Assessments, Exclusions, and Related Appeals Procedures
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 1998-12-14 · Effective 1999-01-13 · 63 FR 68687
Document
Document number
98-33010
Federal Register citation
63 FR 68687
CFR reference
42 CFR 400
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule with comment period.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
1998-12-14
Effective date
1999-01-13
HHS docket
HCFA-6135-FC
Abstract
This rule establishes procedures for imposing civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions for certain violations of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The regulations also provide for hearings and appeals when those penalties, assessments, and exclusions are imposed. These procedures are based on the procedures that the Office of the Inspector General has promulgated for the civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions. These regulations are designed to protect program beneficiaries from unfit health care practitioners and to otherwise improve antifraud provisions under the Medicare and Medicaid Acts.