Medicare and Medicaid program; civil money penalties, assessments, exclusions, and related appeals procedures--HCFA. Final rule with comment period.
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.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005607:Fraud / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011050:Policy Making; D014481:United States