Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§1073f Health care fraud and abuse prevention program

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE › § 1073f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense may run a program to stop and fix fraud and abuse in Department of Defense health care programs. The Secretary can have the Inspector General of the DoD and the Director of the Defense Health Agency run it together. Powers under section 1128A(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(m)) are available to the Secretary and the Inspector General for the program. Rules in section 1128A of the Social Security Act apply to any civil money penalties from the program, except that amounts recovered must be credited to appropriations for the affected DoD health program and, consistent with section 1079a, may be used to run the program and support interagency agreements. The Secretary may make agreements with HHS, the Attorney General, or other federal agencies. Joint administration does not limit the Inspector General’s other authorities. “Fraud and abuse” means the conduct described in section 1128A(a) or (b).

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1073f

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(a)(1)The Secretary of Defense may carry out a program under this section to prevent and remedy fraud and abuse in the health care programs of the Department of Defense.

(2)At the discretion of the Secretary, such program may be administered jointly by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Director of the Defense Health Agency.

(3)In carrying out such program, the authorities granted to the Secretary of Defense and the Inspector General of the Department of Defense under section 1128A(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(m)) shall be available to the Secretary and the Inspector General.

(b)(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of section 1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a) shall apply with respect to any civil monetary penalty imposed in carrying out the program authorized under subsection (a).

(2)Consistent with section 1079a of this title, amounts recovered in connection with any such civil monetary penalty imposed—

(A)shall be credited to appropriations available as of the time of the collection for expenses of the health care program of the Department of Defense affected by the fraud and abuse for which such penalty was imposed; and

(B)may be used to support the administration of the program authorized under subsection (a), including to support any interagency agreements entered into under subsection (d).

(c)The Secretary of Defense may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, or the heads of other Federal agencies, for the effective and efficient implementation of the program authorized under subsection (a).

(d)Joint administration of the program authorized under subsection (a) may not be construed as limiting the authority of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense under any other provision of law.

(e)In this section, the term “fraud and abuse” means any conduct specified in subsection (a) or (b) of section 1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a).

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10 U.S.C. § 1073f

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73