Health care providers convicted of fraud could lose FECA payments for treating injured federal workers. The Labor Department would write rules for how this payment stop works. The change would start 180 days after the bill becomes law.
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Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 0.
Latest action on H.R. 8823: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 0.
Who this affects: This bill mainly affects health care providers who treat injured federal workers and bill FECA. It also affects injured federal workers who may need to find another provider if their current one is suspended. The Labor Department would have to create and run the new payment-suspension process.
Why this matters: The bill matters because a provider’s fraud conviction outside FECA could affect whether FECA pays that provider. That could help block public money from going to providers already found guilty of fraud. It could also change where injured federal workers can get care if some providers are suspended. The bill does not say how many providers or patients would be affected.
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