Criteria for Implementing Permissive Exclusion Authority Under Section 1128(b)(7) of the Social Security Act.
Nonbinding guidelines to be used by the OIG in assessing whether to impose a permissive exclusion in accordance with section 1128(b)(7) of the Social Security Act. These guidelines identify specific factors with regard to whether an individual's or entity's continued participation in the Medicare, Medicaid and other Federal health care programs will pose a risk to the programs or program beneficiaries, and explain how these factors would be used by the OIG to assess a permissive exclusion decision.
Final
Issued by: Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Issue Date: December 24, 1997
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