Patient Safety and Quality Improvement: Civil Money Penalty Inflation Adjustment
other · US Department of Health and Human Services · Rule · Published 2009-08-25 · Effective 2009-11-23 · 74 FR 42777
Document
Document number
E9-20419
Federal Register citation
74 FR 42777
CFR reference
42 CFR 3
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Health and Human Services
Publication date
2009-08-25
Effective date
2009-11-23
Abstract
The Department of Health and Human Services amends the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Rule by adjusting for inflation the maximum civil money penalty amount for violations of the confidentiality provisions of the Rule. We are amending the penalty amount to comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990. We are using direct final rulemaking for this action because we expect that there will be no significant adverse comment on the rule.