Public Inspection: HHS: Request for Information: Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements Civil Monetary Penalty

Federal Register

Jan 28, 2026

Pre-publication notice from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeking comments on whether any additions or modifications are needed to the safe harbor regulations under the Federal anti-kickback statute or the exceptions to the civil monetary penalty provision prohibiting inducements to beneficiaries for emerging direct-to-consumer sales programs established by pharmaceutical manufacturers. Comments are due within 60 days of the publication of this notice, which is scheduled for January 29, 2026.

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