title: Health care programs: fraud and abuse; revised OIG exclusion authorities resulting from Public Law 104-191--HHS. Notice of proposed rulemaking.
abstract: This rulemaking addresses proposed revisions to the OIG's sanction authorities in conjunction with sections 211, 212 and 213 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, along with other technical and conforming changes to the OIG exclusion authorities set forth in 42 CFR parts 1000, 1001, 1002 and 1005. These proposed revisions are specifically designed to expand the protection of certain basic fraud authorities, and revise and strengthen the current legal authorities pertaining to exclusions from the Medicare and State health care programs.
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services