Ohio § 4769.08 Costs of investigation and adjudication

Ohio Statutes

§ 4769.08 — Costs of investigation and adjudication

Ohio § 4769.08

Title 47Occupations-Professions

Ch. 4769Balance Billing of Medicare Beneficiaries

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4769.08 (2026).

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In the case of a violator of section4769.02of the Revised Code who elected a hearing under division (B) of section4769.03of the Revised Code, an adjudication order issued under division (C) or (D) of section4769.03of the Revised Code may, in addition to imposing the penalties specified in those divisions, require the violator to pay the reasonable costs, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, of the investigation and adjudication conducted under division (B) of that section. If a health care practitioner or employer elected a hearing under division (B) of that section and was found not to have violated section4769.02of the Revised Code, the department of health may pay the health care practitioner's or employer's reasonable costs, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, including 

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In the case of a violator of section4769.02of the Revised Code who elected a hearing under division (B) of section4769.03of the Revised Code, an adjudication order issued under division (C) or (D) of section4769.03of the Revised Code may, in addition to imposing the penalties specified in those divisions, require the violator to pay the reasonable costs, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, of the investigation and adjudication conducted under division (B) of that section. If a health care practitioner or employer elected a hearing under division (B) of that section and was found not to have violated section4769.02of the Revised Code, the department of health may pay the health care practitioner's or employer's reasonable costs, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, including attorneys' fees, associated with the conduct of the investigation and adjudication.

Notwithstanding section119.12of the Revised Code, the filing of a judicial appeal of an adjudication order issued under section4769.03of the Revised Code shall operate as a suspension of the adjudication order pending the outcome of the appeal.