45 C.F.R. § 61.9 Reporting civil judgments related to the delivery of a health care item or service.
Title 45 - Public Welfare
(a) Who must report. Federal and State attorneys and health plans must report civil judgments against health care providers, suppliers, or practitioners related to the delivery of a health care item or service (regardless of whether the civil judgment is the subject of a pending appeal). If a Government agency is party to a multi-claimant civil judgment, it must assume the responsibility for reporting the entire action, including all amounts awarded to all the claimants, both public and private. If there is no Government agency as a party, but there are multiple health plans as claimants, the health plan which receives the largest award must be responsible for reporting the total action for all parties. (b) Entities described in paragraph (a) of this section must report the information as required in §61.8(b). (c) Entities described in paragraph (a) of this section should report, if known the information as described in §61.8(c). (d) Sanctions for failure to report. Any health plan that fails to report information on a civil judgment required to be reported under this section will be subject to a civil money penalty (CMP) of not more than $25,000 for each such adverse action not reported. Such penalty will be imposed and collected in the same manner as CMPs under subsection (a) of section 1128A of the Act. The Secretary will provide for publication of a public report that identifies those Government agencies that have failed to report information on civil judgments as required to be reported under this section.
Title 45: Public Welfare
PART 61—HEALTHCARE INTEGRITY AND PROTECTION DATA BANK FOR FINAL ADVERSE INFORMATION ON HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, SUPPLIERS AND PRACTITIONERS
Subpart B—Reporting of Information
§ 61.9 Reporting civil judgments related to the delivery of a health care item or service.
