---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 182.50"
title: "45"
number: "182.50"
heading: "Monitoring and enforcement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/182.50"
---

# §182.50. Monitoring and enforcement.

- (a) **Monitoring.**
  - (1) CMS may evaluate whether a provider has complied with the requirements under [§ 182.40](/cfr/45/182.40.md).
  - (2) CMS may use methods to monitor and assess provider compliance with the requirements under this part, including, but not limited to, the following, as appropriate:
    - (i) **CMS' evaluation of complaints made to CMS.**
    - (ii) **CMS review of an individual's or entity's analysis of noncompliance as stated in the complaint.**
    - (iii) **CMS review of providers' websites.**
- (b) **Actions to address provider noncompliance.** If CMS concludes that the provider is noncompliant with one or more of the requirements of [§ 182.40](/cfr/45/182.40.md), CMS may take any of the following actions:
  - (1) **Provide a written warning notice to the provider of the specific violation(s).**
  - (2) Request that the provider submit and comply with a corrective action plan under [§ 182.60](/cfr/45/182.60.md).
  - (3) Impose a civil monetary penalty on the provider if the provider fails to respond to CMS' request to submit a corrective action plan or to comply with the requirements of a corrective action plan approved by CMS.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Section 3202(b), Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 71203, Nov. 6, 2020, unless otherwise noted.