Title 42

SECTION 1003.1010

1003.1010 Amount of penalties and assessments.

§ 1003.1010 Amount of penalties and assessments.

The OIG may impose a penalty of not more than 9 -

9 The penalty amounts in this section are adjusted for inflation annually. Adjusted amounts are published at 45 CFR part 102.

(a) $10,000 for each item or service for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under Medicare or a State health care program, ordered by or received from a particular provider, practitioner, or supplier for a beneficiary who was offered or received remuneration in violation of § 1003.1000(a) that was likely to influence the beneficiary to order or receive the item or service from the provider, practitioner, or supplier, and an assessment of not more than 3 times the amount claimed for each such item or service and

(b) $5,000 for each individual violation of § 1003.1000(b).

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