# Penalty for any durable medical equipment supplier that knowingly and willfully charges for a covered service that is furnished on a rental basis after the rental payments may no longer be made. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(j)(2)(B) , which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)) — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for any durable medical equipment supplier that knowingly and willfully charges for a covered service that is furnished on a rental basis after the rental payments may no longer be made. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(j)(2)(B) , which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)), agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1395m(a)(11)(A); maximum penalty is 19,940, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for any durable medical equipment supplier that knowingly and willfully charges for a covered service that is furnished on a rental basis after the rental payments may no longer be made. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(j)(2)(B) , which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1395m(a)(11)(A) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 19,940 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1395m(a)(11)(A) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-402.1#p-402.1(c)(4)> 42 CFR 402.1(c)(4) , <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-402.105#p-402.105(d)(2)(ii)> 402.105(d)(2)(ii) | CMS | Penalty for any durable medical equipment supplier that knowingly and willfully charges for a covered service that is furnished on a rental basis after the rental payments may no longer be made. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/1395u> 42 U.S.C. 1395u(j)(2)(B) , which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)) | 2024 | 19,435 | 19,940

## 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/).