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CMS Pub. 100-08, ch. 4, § 4.15.5
Amount and Payment of Reward
The amount of the reward shall not exceed 10 percent of the overpayments recovered in
the case, or $1,000, whichever is less. Collected fines and penalties are not included as
part of the recovered money for purposes of calculating the reward amount. If multiple
complainants are involved in the same case, the reward will be shared equally among
each complainant but not to exceed the maximum amount of the reward.
History
(Rev. 11032; Issued: 09-30-21; Effective: 10-12-21; Implementation: 11-10-21)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
c768be51592609a8ce1b4d95dc7ff484aa8034d0ca8e7c65cf6b06b55ca838ae
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