# Penalty for payments by a hospital or critical access hospital to induce a physician to reduce or limit services to individuals under direct care of physician or who are entitled to certain medical assistance benefits — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for payments by a hospital or critical access hospital to induce a physician to reduce or limit services to individuals under direct care of physician or who are entitled to certain medical assistance benefits, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1320a-7a(b); maximum penalty is 6,398, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for payments by a hospital or critical access hospital to induce a physician to reduce or limit services to individuals under direct care of physician or who are entitled to certain medical assistance benefits _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1320a-7a(b) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 6,398 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1320a-7a(b) | | OIG | Penalty for payments by a hospital or critical access hospital to induce a physician to reduce or limit services to individuals under direct care of physician or who are entitled to certain medical assistance benefits | 2024 | 6,236 | 6,398

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).