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Penalty for any nonparticipating physician, supplier, or other person that furnishes physician services not on an assignment-related basis who either knowingly and willfully bills or collects in excess of the statutorily-defined limiting charge or fails to make a timely refund or adjustment. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(j)(2)(B), which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)) · 1395w-4(g)(1)(B)

For Penalty for any nonparticipating physician, supplier, or other person that furnishes physician services not on an assignment-related basis who either knowingly and willfully bills or collects in excess of the statutorily-defined limiting charge or fails to make a timely refund or adjustment. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(j)(2)(B), which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)), statutory authority is 1395w-4(g)(1)(B); agency is HHS; maximum penalty is 19,940, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

Agency
HHS our reading
Violation
Penalty for any nonparticipating physician, supplier, or other person that furnishes physician services not on an assignment-related basis who either knowingly and willfully bills or collects in excess of the statutorily-defined limiting charge or fails to make a timely refund or adjustment. (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
Statutory authority
1395w-4(g)(1)(B) verified
Maximum penalty
19,940 verified
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DatasetFederal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

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What the source says

1395w-4(g)(1)(B) | 42 CFR 402.1(c)(17), 402.105(d)(2)(xiii) | CMS | Penalty for any nonparticipating physician, supplier, or other person that furnishes physician services not on an assignment-related basis who either knowingly and willfully bills or collects in excess of the statutorily-defined limiting charge or fails to make a timely refund or adjustment. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(j)(2)(B), which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)) | 2024 | 19,435 | 19,940

— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-10

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