Medicare and Medicaid programs; establishment of Chapter V for OIG regulations--HHS. Final rule.
This rule establishes all Office of Inspector General (OIG) authorities, currently contained in 45 CFR Part 101 and various portions of 42 CFR Parts 412, 420, 455, 474 and 489, in a new 42 CFR Chapter V, and reflects the 1983 transfer of the fraud and abuse responsibilities under Medicare and Medicaid from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to the OIG. While a number of conforming changes to the regulations setting forth the OIG responsibilities have previously been made (50 FR 37370, September 13, 1985) the purpose of this rule is to specifically place these authorities delegated to the OIG into a separate chapter of the Medicare/Medicaid volume within the Code of Federal Regulations. Several conforming and technical changes are also being made at this time to reflect the establishment of Chapter V.
D003415:Crime; D005607:Fraud; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services