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Penalty for any physician or practitioner who knowingly and willfully fails promptly to provide the appropriate diagnosis codes upon CMS or Medicare administrative contractor request for payment or bill not submitted on an assignment-related basis

For Penalty for any physician or practitioner who knowingly and willfully fails promptly to provide the appropriate diagnosis codes upon CMS or Medicare administrative contractor request for payment or bill not submitted on an assignment-related basis, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1395u(p)(3)(A); maximum penalty is 5,254, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

Agency
HHS our reading
Violation
Penalty for any physician or practitioner who knowingly and willfully fails promptly to provide the appropriate diagnosis codes upon CMS or Medicare administrative contractor request for payment or bill not submitted on an assignment-related basis verified
Statutory authority
1395u(p)(3)(A) verified
Maximum penalty
5,254 verified
Sourceecfr.gov
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DatasetFederal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

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What the source says

1395u(p)(3)(A) | | CMS | Penalty for any physician or practitioner who knowingly and willfully fails promptly to provide the appropriate diagnosis codes upon CMS or Medicare administrative contractor request for payment or bill not submitted on an assignment-related basis | 2024 | 5,121 | 5,254

ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-10

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