# Penalty for a home health agency's deficiency or deficiencies that cause immediate jeopardy and result in potential for harm — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for a home health agency's deficiency or deficiencies that cause immediate jeopardy and result in potential for harm, agency is HHS; maximum penalty is 23,634, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for a home health agency's deficiency or deficiencies that cause immediate jeopardy and result in potential for harm _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 23,634 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-488.845#p-488.845(b)(3)(ii)> 42 CFR 488.845(b)(3)(ii) | CMS | Penalty for a home health agency's deficiency or deficiencies that cause immediate jeopardy and result in potential for harm | 2024 | 23,036 | 23,634

## 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/).