---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 455.17"
title: "42"
number: "455.17"
heading: "Reporting requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/455.17"
---

# §455.17. Reporting requirements.


The agency must report the following fraud or abuse information to the appropriate Department officials at intervals prescribed in instructions.

- (a) **The number of complaints of fraud and abuse made to the agency that warrant preliminary investigation.**
- (b) **For each case of suspected provider fraud and abuse that warrants a full investigation—**
  - (1) The provider's name and number;
  - (2) The source of the complaint;
  - (3) The type of provider;
  - (4) The nature of the complaint;
  - (5) The approximate range of dollars involved; and
  - (6) The legal and administrative disposition of the case, including actions taken by law enforcement officials to whom the case has been referred.

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 45262, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 48 FR 3756, Jan. 27, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45262, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 45262, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 48 FR 3756, Jan. 27, 1983]