# Penalty for a HMO or competitive medical plan that implements practices to discourage enrollment of individuals needing services in future — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for a HMO or competitive medical plan that implements practices to discourage enrollment of individuals needing services in future, agency is HHS; maximum penalty is 273,774, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for a HMO or competitive medical plan that implements practices to discourage enrollment of individuals needing services in future _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 273,774 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> | | OIG | Penalty for a HMO or competitive medical plan that implements practices to discourage enrollment of individuals needing services in future | 2024 | 266,841 | 273,774

## 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/).