# Penalty imposed for hospice repeat or condition-level deficiency or both that does not constitute immediate jeopardy but is directly related to poor quality patient care outcomes. These amounts represent the middle range of penalty — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty imposed for hospice repeat or condition-level deficiency or both that does not constitute immediate jeopardy but is directly related to poor quality patient care outcomes. These amounts represent the middle range of penalty, agency is HHS; maximum penalty is 9,701; minimum penalty is 1,711, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty imposed for hospice repeat or condition-level deficiency or both that does not constitute immediate jeopardy but is directly related to poor quality patient care outcomes. These amounts represent the middle range of penalty _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 9,701 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum penalty:** 1,711 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-488.1245#p-488.1245(b)(4)> 42 CFR 488.1245(b)(4) | CMS | Penalty imposed for hospice repeat or condition-level deficiency or both that does not constitute immediate jeopardy but is directly related to poor quality patient care outcomes. These amounts represent the middle range of penalty | 2024 | | | | | | Minimum | 2024 | 1,668 | 1,711 | | | | Maximum | 2024 | 9,455 | 9,701

## 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/).