Medicare Program; Revised Civil Money Penalties, Assessments, Exclusions, and Related Appeals Procedures
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2007-07-20 · Effective 2007-08-20 · 72 FR 39746
Document
Document number
E7-13535
Federal Register citation
72 FR 39746
CFR reference
42 CFR 402
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2007-07-20
Effective date
2007-08-20
HHS docket
CMS-6146-F
Abstract
This final rule establishes the procedures for imposing exclusions for certain violations of the Medicare program and is based on the procedures that the Office of Inspector General has published for civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions under their delegated authority. Implementation of this final rule protects beneficiaries from persons (that is, health care providers and entities) found in noncompliance with Medicare regulations, and otherwise improves the safeguard provisions under the Medicare statute. This final rule also establishes procedures that enable a person targeted for exclusion from the Medicare program to request the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to act on its behalf to recommend to the Inspector General that the exclusion from Medicare be waived due to hardship that would be placed on Medicare beneficiaries as a result of the person's exclusion.