# TRICARE; TRICARE Sanction Authority for Third-Party Billing Agents
> **US Department of Defense** · Final rule. · Published 2013-02-26 · Effective 2013-03-28 · 78 FR 12953
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-03416
- **Category:** personnel
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 12953
- **CFR reference:** 32 CFR 199
- **Publication date:** 2013-02-26
- **Effective date:** 2013-03-28
- **DOD docket:** Docket ID: DOD-2011-HA-0035
## Abstract

This final rule will provide the Director, TRICARE Management Activity (TMA), or designee, with the authority to sanction third-party billing agents by invoking the administrative remedy of exclusion or suspension from the TRICARE program. Such sanctions may be invoked in situations involving fraud or abuse on the part of third-party billing agents that prepare or submit claims presented to TRICARE for payment.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/02/26/2013-03416/tricare-tricare-sanction-authority-for-third-party-billing-agents)
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