The federal workers' compensation program pays medical costs and benefits for federal employees hurt on the job, and this bill gives the Department of Labor clear legal authority to cut off payments to doctors, clinics, or other medical providers who have been convicted of committing fraud — whether that fraud was against this workers' comp program, a similar state program, or a federal health program like Medicare. In practice, this means a provider found guilty of ripping off any of these systems could lose the ability to get paid for treating injured federal workers, even for costs an employing agency initially covers. The Department of Labor will need to write official rules spelling out exactly how and when these payment suspensions will be applied.