# Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Issuance of Advisory Opinions by OIG
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Interim final rule with comment period. · Published 2008-03-26 · Effective 2008-04-25 · 73 FR 15937
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-6164
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 15937
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 1008
- **Publication date:** 2008-03-26
- **Effective date:** 2008-04-25
## Abstract

In accordance with section 205 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, this final rule amends the OIG regulations at 42 CFR part 1008 by (1) revising the process for advisory opinion requestors to submit payments for advisory opinion costs, and (2) clarifying that notices to the public announcing procedures for processing advisory opinion requests will be published on OIG's Web site.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/03/26/E8-6164/medicare-and-state-health-care-programs-fraud-and-abuse-issuance-of-advisory-opinions-by-oig)
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