# Penalty for the knowing provision of false information or refusing to provide information about charges or prices of a covered outpatient drug — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for the knowing provision of false information or refusing to provide information about charges or prices of a covered outpatient drug, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1396r-8(b)(3)(B); maximum penalty is 236,451, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for the knowing provision of false information or refusing to provide information about charges or prices of a covered outpatient drug _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1396r-8(b)(3)(B) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 236,451 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1396r-8(b)(3)(B) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-1003.1210> 42 CFR 1003.1210 | OIG | Penalty for the knowing provision of false information or refusing to provide information about charges or prices of a covered outpatient drug | 2024 | 230,464 | 236,451

## 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/).