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... CMS issued a final rule (Federal Register, July 20, 2007) establishing the procedures for...

CMS issued a final rule (Federal Register, July 20, 2007) establishing the procedures for imposing exclusions for certain violations of the Medicare program. The procedures are based on those that the Office of Inspector General has published for civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions.

Implementation of this final rule protects beneficiaries from healthcare providers and entities found in noncompliance with Medicare regulations, and otherwise improves the safeguard provisions under the Medicare statute.

This final rule also establishes procedures that enable a person targeted for exclusion from the Medicare program to request CMS to act on its behalf to recommend to the Inspector General that the exclusion from Medicare be waived due to hardship that would be placed on Medicare beneficiaries as a result of the person's exclusion. Effective date: Aug. 20, 2007.

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