# Penalty for any practitioner specified in Section 1842(b)(18)(C) of the Act or other person that knowingly and willfully bills or collects for any services pertaining to drugs or biologics by the practitioners on other than an assignment-related basis. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(18)(B) and 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 practitioner specified in Section 1842(b)(18)(C) of the Act or other person that knowingly and willfully bills or collects for any services pertaining to drugs or biologics by the practitioners on other than an assignment-related basis. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(18)(B) and 1395u(j)(2)(B) , which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)), agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1395u(o)(3)(B); 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 practitioner specified in Section 1842(b)(18)(C) of the Act or other person that knowingly and willfully bills or collects for any services pertaining to drugs or biologics by the practitioners on other than an assignment-related basis. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(18)(B) and 1395u(j)(2)(B) , which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1395u(o)(3)(B) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 19,940 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1395u(o)(3)(B) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-414.707#p-414.707(b)> 42 CFR 414.707(b) | CMS | Penalty for any practitioner specified in Section 1842(b)(18)(C) of the Act or other person that knowingly and willfully bills or collects for any services pertaining to drugs or biologics by the practitioners on other than an assignment-related basis. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/1395u> 42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(18)(B) and <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/1395u> 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/).