# Penalty imposed for hospice condition-level deficiency that is immediate jeopardy. These amounts represent the upper range of penalty — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty imposed for hospice condition-level deficiency that is immediate jeopardy. These amounts represent the upper range of penalty, agency is HHS; maximum penalty is 11,413; minimum penalty is 9,701, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty imposed for hospice condition-level deficiency that is immediate jeopardy. These amounts represent the upper range of penalty _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 11,413 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum penalty:** 9,701 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-488.1245#p-488.1245(b)(3)> 42 CFR 488.1245(b)(3) | CMS | Penalty imposed for hospice condition-level deficiency that is immediate jeopardy. These amounts represent the upper range of penalty | 2024 | | | | | | Minimum | 2024 | 9,455 | 9,701 | | | | Maximum | 2024 | 11,124 | 11,413

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same
thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from.

### Maximum penalty

ecfr.gov says maximum penalty is **11,413**, as of 2026-08-10.

> | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-488.1245#p-488.1245(b)(3)> 42 CFR 488.1245(b)(3) | CMS | Penalty imposed for hospice condition-level deficiency that is immediate jeopardy. These amounts represent the upper range of penalty | 2024 | | | | | | Minimum | 2024 | 9,455 | 9,701 | | | | Maximum | 2024 | 11,124 | 11,413

Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3

ecfr.gov says maximum penalty is **11,413**, as of 2026-08-10.

> | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-488.1245#p-488.1245(b)(3)(i)> 42 CFR 488.1245(b)(3)(i) | CMS | Penalty imposed for hospice condition-level deficiency that is immediate jeopardy. These amounts represent the upper range of penalty | 2024 | 11,124 | 11,413

Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3

ecfr.gov says maximum penalty is **10,271**, as of 2026-08-10.

> | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-488.1245#p-488.1245(b)(3)(ii)> 42 CFR 488.1245(b)(3)(ii) | CMS | Penalty imposed for hospice condition-level deficiency that is immediate jeopardy. These amounts represent the upper range of penalty | 2024 | 10,011 | 10,271

Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3

ecfr.gov says maximum penalty is **9,701**, as of 2026-08-10.

> | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-488.1245#p-488.1245(b)(3)(iii)> 42 CFR 488.1245(b)(3)(iii) | CMS | Penalty imposed for hospice condition-level deficiency that is immediate jeopardy. These amounts represent the upper range of penalty | 2024 | 9,455 | 9,701

Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3


## 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/).