Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act

Sponsor: Ryan Mackenzie (Republican-PA)May 14, 2026

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Allows the government to stop paying medical providers who commit fraud against federal healthcare programs.

This bill would let the Secretary of Labor stop payments to medical providers who have been convicted of fraud. This applies to fraud related to federal employee injury benefits or other government health programs. It aims to protect federal employees by holding fraudulent providers accountable.

What Would Change

Today, the Secretary of Labor does not have clear power to stop payments to medical providers convicted of fraud under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. If this bill becomes law, the Secretary of Labor would gain the authority to suspend such payments. This would make it harder for fraudulent providers to receive federal funds.

Key Provisions

Allows the Secretary of Labor to stop payments to medical providers convicted of fraud related to federal employee injury benefits.
Allows the Secretary of Labor to stop payments to medical providers convicted of fraud against any federal health care program.
Allows the Secretary of Labor to stop payments to medical providers convicted of fraud against similar state health programs.
Requires the Secretary of Labor to create new rules for how these payment suspensions would work.
Starts these new payment suspension rules 180 days after the bill becomes law.

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HR 8823 · 119th Congress · May 14, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10

Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act

What Would Change

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