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This rule makes changes to the Civil Monetary Penalty Law (CMPL) regulations at 42 CFR 1003 to implement authorities under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other statutes. ACA authorizes Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to provide for assessments against and exclude persons for: (1) Failing to grant timely access to Office of the Inspector General; (2) Ordering and prescribing while excluded; (3) Making false statements, omissions or misrepresentations in an enrollment application; (4) Failing to return an overpayment; and (5) Making or using a false record or statement that is material to a false or fraudulent claim.  We also finalize a reorganization of 42 CFR 1003 to make the regulations more accessible to the public, and to add clarity to the regulatory scheme.  We finalize an alternate methodology for calculating penalties and assessments for employing excluded individuals in the liability guidelines under OIG authorities, including the CMPL; the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act; section 1140 of the Social Security Act for conduct involving electronic mail, Internet, and telemarketing solicitations and section 1927 of the Social Security Act for late or incomplete reporting of drug pricing information.