Federal Register
2020
- 11-20-2020
- Final Rule: Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to Safe Harbors under the Anti-Kickback Statute, and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding Beneficiary Inducements
- 11-20-2020
- Final Rule: Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Creation of New Safe Harbor Protection for Certain Point-of-Sale Reductions in Price on Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Certain Pharmacy Benefit Manager Service Fees
- On March 22, 2021, OIG issued a notification of the court-ordered delay of the effective date of this final rule. That notification stated that the effective date of the amendments to 42 C.F.R. § 1001.952(h)(6) through (9), (cc), and (dd) is delayed until January 1, 2023. The notification also stated that the effective date of the corrections published at 86 Fed. Reg. 7815 (Feb. 2, 2021), is delayed from March 22, 2021, to January 1, 2023. See 86 Fed. Reg. 15,132 (Mar. 22, 2021).
- On November 15, 2021, Public Law 117-58 became law. Section 90006 of Public Law 117-58 states that:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not, prior to January 1, 2026, implement, administer, or enforce the provisions of the final rule published by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services on November 30, 2020, and titled ''Fraud and Abuse; Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Creation of New Safe Harbor Protection for Certain Point-of-Sale Reductions in Price on Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Certain Pharmacy Benefit Manager Service Fees'' (85 Fed. Reg. 76666).
Consequently, there is a three-year moratorium on implementation of the amendments to 42 C.F.R. § 1001.952(h)(5) and 42 C.F.R. § 1001.952(h)(6) through (9), (cc), and (dd).
- 04-21-2020
- Grants, Contracts, and Other Agreements: Fraud and Abuse; Information Blocking; Office of Inspector General's Civil Money Penalty Rules
2019
- 10-09-2019
- Revisions to the Safe Harbors Under the Anti-Kickback Statute and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding Beneficiary Inducements
- 01-31-2019
- Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Creation of New Safe Harbor Protection for Certain Point-of-Sale Reductions in Price on Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Certain Pharmacy Benefit Manager Service Fees
2018
2017
- 12-27-2017
- Notice: Solicitation of New Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts
- 01-11-2017
- Final Rule: Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to the Office of Inspector General's Exclusion Authorities
2016
- 12-28-2016
- Notice: Solicitation of New Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts
- 12-06-2016
- Final Rule: Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to the Office of Inspector General's Civil Monetary Penalty Rules
- Final Rule: Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to the Safe Harbors Under the Anti-Kickback Statute and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding Beneficiary Inducements
- 09-19-2016
- Proposed Rule: State Medicaid Fraud Control Units
- 03-17-2016
- Notice: Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
2015
- 12-23-2015
- Notice: Solicitation of New Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts
- 10-28-2015
- Medicare Program: Final Waivers in Connection with the Shared Savings Program
2014
- 12-31-2014
- Notice: Solicitation of New Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts
- 10-02-2014
- Proposed Rule: Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to Safe Harbors under the Anti-Kickback Statute, and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding Beneficiary Inducements and Gainsharing
- 07-11-2014
- Notice: Solicitation of Information and Recommendations for Revising OIG's Non-Binding Criteria for Implementing Permissive Exclusion Authority Under Section 1128(b)(7) of the Social Security Act
- Special Fraud Alert: Laboratory Payments to Referring Physicians
- 05-13-2014
- Proposed Rule: Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to the Office of Inspector General's Civil Monetary Penalty Rules
- 05-09-2014
- Proposed Rule: Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to the Office of Inspector General's Exclusion Authorities
2013
- 12-27-2013
- Final Rule: Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Electronic Health Records Safe Harbor Under the Anti-Kickback Statute
- Notice: Solicitation of New Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts
- 12-20-2013
- Notice: Delegation of Authority
- 05-17-2013
- Final Rule: State Medicaid Fraud Control Units; Data Mining
- 04-08-2013
- Proposed Rule: Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Electronic Health Records Safe Harbor Under the Anti-Kickback Statute
2012
2011
- Notice: Privacy Act; System of Records
- 12-29-2011
- Notice: Solicitation of New Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts
- 10-12-2011
- Proposed Revision of Performance Standards for State Medicaid Fraud Control Units
- 04-07-2011
- Notice: Medicare Program; Waiver Designs in Connection With the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Innovation Center
- 03-17-2011
- Proposed Rule: State Medicaid Fraud Control Units; Data Mining