42 CFR § 480.142 - Disclosure of sanction reports.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s480.142"
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title: "42 CFR § 480.142 - Disclosure of sanction reports."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "480.142"
section_name: "Disclosure of sanction reports."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS"
part_number: "480"
part_name: "ACQUISITION, PROTECTION, AND DISCLOSURE OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION INFORMATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh."
cfr_part: "480"
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# 480.142 Disclosure of sanction reports.
(a) The QIO must disclose sanction reports directly to the Office of the Inspector General and, if requested, to CMS.
(b) The QIO must upon request, and may without a request, disclose sanction reports to State and Federal agencies responsible for the identification, investigation or prosecution of cases of fraud or abuse in accordance with § 480.137.
(c) CMS will disclose sanction determinations in accordance with part 474 of this chapter.
[50 FR 15359, Apr. 17, 1985. Redesignated at 64 FR 66279, Nov. 24, 1999, as amended at 69 FR 49267, Aug. 11, 2004]