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Updated Civil Monetary Penalties and Exclusion List


The Social Security Act authorizes the Secretary of HHS to seek civil monetary penalties (CMPs) and assessments for many types of conduct. The Secretary of HHS has delegated many of these CMPs to the OIG. In most cases for which the OIG may seek CMPs, the OIG may also seek exclusion from participation in all Federal health care programs. Many of the OIG's CMPs are in the Civil Monetary Penalties Law ("CMPL"), 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a, and the OIG's CMPs codified elsewhere in the Social Security Act adopt by reference many of the provisions of the CMPL.

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