42 CFR § 1003.1010 - Amount of penalties and assessments.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s1003.1010"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 1003.1010 - Amount of penalties and assessments."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "1003.1010"
section_name: "Amount of penalties and assessments."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL-HEALTH CARE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OIG AUTHORITIES"
part_number: "1003"
part_name: "CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, ASSESSMENTS AND EXCLUSIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 262a, 300jj-52, 1302, 1320a-7, 1320a-7a, 1320b-10, 1395u(j), 1395u(k), 1395cc(j), 1395w-141(i)(3), 1395dd(d)(1), 1395mm, 1395nn(g), 1395ss(d), 1396b(m), 11131(c), and 11137(b)(2)."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 34777, Sept. 30, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1003"
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# 1003.1010 Amount of penalties and assessments.
The OIG may impose a penalty of not more than—
(a) $10,000 for conduct that occurred on or before February 9, 2018, and $20,000 for conduct that occurred after February 9, 2018, 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).
[81 FR 88362, Dec. 7, 2016, as amended at 88 FR 42841, July 3, 2023]