Regulatory
Grants, Contracts, and Other Agreements: Fraud and Abuse; Information Blocking; Office of Inspector General's Civil Money Penalty Rules
Issued by Health and Human Services Department
What the record says
This final rule amends the civil money penalty (CMP) regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to: incorporate new CMP authority for information blocking; incorporate new authorities for CMPs, assessments, and exclusions related to HHS grants, contracts, other agreements; and increase the maximum penalties for certain CMP violations.
This is a factual description of what was issued or decided, not an assessment of it.