# Penalty for willfully and knowingly certifying a material and false statement in a Skilled Nursing Facility resident assessment — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for willfully and knowingly certifying a material and false statement in a Skilled Nursing Facility resident assessment, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1396r(b)(3)(B)(ii)(I); maximum penalty is 2,739, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for willfully and knowingly certifying a material and false statement in a Skilled Nursing Facility resident assessment _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1396r(b)(3)(B)(ii)(I) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 2,739 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1396r(b)(3)(B)(ii)(I) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-1003.210#p-1003.210(a)(11)> 42 CFR 1003.210(a)(11) | OIG | Penalty for willfully and knowingly certifying a material and false statement in a Skilled Nursing Facility resident assessment | 2024 | 2,670 | 2,739

## 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.
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