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The Fraud Doctors Bill
Patients get protection as fraud doctors may lose payments
Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act
Good for everyday people ·
If passed, the Labor Secretary could stop paying doctors who are found guilty of fraud, protecting patients from bad care.
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This bill could keep patients safe by cutting off money to cheating doctors, but it also means those doctors lose income if convicted, so oversight matters now.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Bill number HB8823.
- Currently Engrossed after a 396-0 vote.
- Allows the Secretary of Labor to suspend payments to medical providers convicted of fraud.
- Applies to providers under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act.
- Sponsored by Ryan Mackenzie (R) and Ilhan Omar (D).
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