---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 1001.1401"
title: "42"
number: "1001.1401"
heading: "Violations of PPS corrective action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/1001.1401"
---

# §1001.1401. Violations of PPS corrective action.

- (a) **Circumstance for exclusion.** The OIG may exclude any hospital that CMS determines has failed substantially to comply with a corrective action plan required by CMS under [section 1886(f)(2)(B)](/cfr/42/1886.md?p=f-2-B) of the Act.
- (b) **Length of exclusion.** The following factors will be considered in determining the length of exclusion under this section—
  - (1) The impact of the hospital's failure to comply on Medicare, Medicaid or any of the other Federal health care programs, program beneficiaries or other individuals;
  - (2) The circumstances under which the failure occurred;
  - (3) The nature of the failure to comply;
  - (4) The impact of the exclusion on Medicare, Medicaid or any of the other Federal health care programs, beneficiaries or the public; and
  - (5) Whether the individual or entity has a documented history of criminal, civil or administrative wrongdoing (The lack of any prior record is to be considered neutral).

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 3330, Jan. 29, 1992, as amended at 63 FR 46689, Sept. 2, 1998; 64 FR 39427, July 22, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302; 1320a-7; 1320a-7b; 1395u(j); 1395u(k); 1395w-104(e)(6), 1395y(d); 1395y(e); 1395cc(b)(2)(D), (E), and (F); 1395hh; 1842(j)(1)(D)(iv), 1842(k)(1), and sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

### Source

Source: 57 FR 3330, Jan. 29, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 3330, Jan. 29, 1992, as amended at 63 FR 46689, Sept. 2, 1998; 64 FR 39427, July 22, 1999]