# Penalty for a physician who executes a document that falsely certifies home health needs for Medicare beneficiaries — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for a physician who executes a document that falsely certifies home health needs for Medicare beneficiaries, agency is HHS; maximum penalty is 12,797, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for a physician who executes a document that falsely certifies home health needs for Medicare beneficiaries _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 12,797 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-1003.210#p-1003.210(a)(10)> 42 CFR 1003.210(a)(10) | OIG | Penalty for a physician who executes a document that falsely certifies home health needs for Medicare beneficiaries | 2024 | 12,473 | 12,797

## 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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