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GovernmentH.R. 8823Comments

Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act

Official title: To amend the Federal Employees' Compensation Act to allow the Secretary of Labor to suspend payments to medical providers who have been convicted of fraud.

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  3. Floor Vote, done
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What This Bill Does

This bill explicitly authorizes the Department of Labor to suspend payments under the federal workers’ compensation program to certain providers convicted of fraud. (Current regulations establish various grounds for excluding a provider from payment under the program, including a conviction for fraudulent activity in connection with a federal or state medical benefit program.)

Under the bill, Labor may suspend payments to a provider convicted of fraud related to the federal workers’ compensation program, a similar state program, or a federal health care benefit program (e.g., Medicare). Specifically, Labor may suspend (1) payments to such a provider for services, appliances, or supplies covered under the program; or (2) payments for certain initial expenses incurred by an employing agency with respect to such a provider.

Labor must issue regulations to carry out these provisions.

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Timeline

  1. SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. House floor actionsMr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Floor Vote
  4. Passed the House
  5. House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  7. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  8. Introduced
  9. Committee

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