# Penalty for a Medicare Advantage organization's or Part D sponsor's early termination of its contract — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies For Penalty for a Medicare Advantage organization's or Part D sponsor's early termination of its contract, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1395w-27(g)(3)(D); 1857(g)(3): 1860D-12(b)(3)(E); maximum penalty is 181,400, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10. - **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Violation:** Penalty for a Medicare Advantage organization's or Part D sponsor's early termination of its contract _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Statutory authority:** 1395w-27(g)(3)(D); 1857(g)(3): 1860D-12(b)(3)(E) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Maximum penalty:** 181,400 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 1395w-27(g)(3)(D); 1857(g)(3): 1860D-12(b)(3)(E) | | CMS | Penalty for a Medicare Advantage organization's or Part D sponsor's early termination of its contract | 2024 | 176,807 | 181,400 ## 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/).