# Penalty for improper billing by Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, or Skilled Nursing Facilities — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for improper billing by Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, or Skilled Nursing Facilities, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1395cc(g); maximum penalty is 6,637, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for improper billing by Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, or Skilled Nursing Facilities _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1395cc(g) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 6,637 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1395cc(g) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-1003.210#p-1003.210(a)(5)> 42 CFR 1003.210(a)(5) | OIG | Penalty for improper billing by Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, or Skilled Nursing Facilities | 2024 | 6,469 | 6,637

## 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.
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