Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections

10 U.S.C. § 1073a — Contracts for health care: best value contracting

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

10 U.S.C. § 1073a — Contracts for health care: best value contracting

**(a) Authority.—** Under regulations prescribed by the administering Secretaries, health care contracts shall be awarded in the administration of this chapter to the offeror or offerors that will provide the best value to the United States to the maximum extent consistent with furnishing high-quality health care in a manner that protects the fiscal and other interests of the United States. **(b) Factors Considered.—** In the determination of best value under subsection (a)— (1) consideration shall be given to the factors specified in the regulations; and (2) greater weight shall be accorded to technical and performance-related factors than to cost and price-related factors. **(c) Applicability.—** The authority under the regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall apply to any contract in excess of $5,000,000.

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 10 U.S.C. § 1073a

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.

Original supplied file — preserved unchanged

Download original Markdown file

File SHA-256: 47e5ee0a1d46d985ca3c1b5e5f13b79e8d6e3376cc4bcc325694831f85532bda. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.

Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.

Open the recorded source website ↗

Record provenance

Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_5c747667c4efc43ccef4e513
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-10/section-1073a-contracts-for-health-care-best-value-contracting--7846dcc475.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 6307da6a1937aceda697279dd06ae5f4d8041adaf9325376569d2fd6b59ec038

Source location: Title 10, Chapter 55, § 1073a; chapter-055-medical-and-dental-care.md

Stored source content

Cross-references

Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

10 U.S.C. § 1073b — Recurring reports and publication of certain data

**(a) Annual Report on Recording of Health Assessment Data in Military Health Records.—** The Secretary of Defense shall issue each year a report on the compliance by the military departments with applicable law and policies on the recording of health assessment data in military health records, including compliance with [section 1074f(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1074f/c&num=0&edition=prelim). The report shall cover the calendar year preceding the year in which the report is submitted and include a discussion of the extent to which immunization status and predeployment and postdeployment health care data are being recorded in such records. **(b) Publication of Data on Patient Safety, Quality of Care, Satisfaction, and Health Outcome Measures.—** (1) The Secretary of Defense shall publish on a publically available Internet website of the Department of Defense data on all measures that the Secretary considers appropriate that are used by the Department to assess patient safety, quality of care, patient satisfaction, and health outcomes for health care provided under the TRICARE program at each military medical treatment facility. Such data shall include the core quality performance metrics adopted by the Secretary under section 728 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. (2) The Secretary shall publish an update to the data published under paragraph (1) not less frequently than once each quarter during each fiscal year. (3) The Secretary may not include data relating to risk management activities of the Department in any publication under paragraph (1) or update under paragraph (2). (4) The Secretary shall ensure that the data published under paragraph (1) and updated under parag

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 10 U.S.C. § 1073b

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

10 U.S.C. § 1072 — Definitions

In this chapter: (1) The term “uniformed services” means the armed forces and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and of the Public Health Service. (2) The term “dependent”, with respect to a member or former member of a uniformed service, means— (A) the spouse; (B) the unremarried widow; (C) the unremarried widower; (D) a child who— (i) has not attained the age of 21; (ii) has not attained the age of 23, is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning approved by the administering Secretary and is, or was at the time of the member’s or former member’s death, in fact dependent on the member or former member for over one-half of the child’s support; or (iii) is incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical incapacity that occurs while a dependent of a member or former member under clause (i) or (ii) and is, or was at the time of the member’s or former member’s death, in fact dependent on the member or former member for over one-half of the child’s support; (E) a parent or parent-in-law who is, or was at the time of the member’s or former member’s death, in fact dependent on him for over one-half of his support and residing in his household; (F) the unremarried former spouse of a member or former member who (i) on the date of the final decree of divorce, dissolution, or annulment, had been married to the member or former member for a period of at least 20 years during which period the member or former member performed at least 20 years of service which is creditable in determining that member’s or former member’s eligibility for retired or retainer pay, or equivalent pay, and (ii) does not have medical coverage under an employer-sponsored health plan;

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 10 U.S.C. § 1072

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

10 U.S.C. § 1071 — Purpose of this chapter

The purpose of this chapter is to create and maintain high morale in the uniformed services by providing an improved and uniform program of medical and dental care for members and certain former members of those services, and for their dependents.

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 10 U.S.C. § 1071

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

10 U.S.C. § 1073a — Contracts for health care: best value con-

Page 1019 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 1073a DEFINITIONS Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VII, § 701(i), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2190, provided that: ‘‘In this section [enacting sections 1075 and 1075a of this title, amending sections 1072, 1076d, 1076e, 1079a, 1095f, 1099, and 1110b of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 1072 and 1099 of this title]: ‘‘(1) The terms ‘uniformed services’, ‘covered bene- ficiary’, ‘TRICARE Extra’, ‘TRICARE for Life’, ‘TRICARE Prime’, and ‘TRICARE Standard’, have the meaning given those terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (j). ‘‘(2) The term ‘TRICARE Select’ means the self- managed, preferred-provider network option under the TRICARE program established by section 1075 of such title, as added by subsection (a). ‘‘(3) The term ‘chronic conditions’ includes diabe- tes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, congestive heart failure, hypertension, history of stroke, coronary artery disease, mood disorders, and such other diseases or conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate. ‘‘(4) The term ‘high-value medications and services’ means prescription medications and clinical services for the management of chronic conditions that the Secretary determines would improve health out- comes and create health value for covered bene- ficiaries (such as preventive care, primary and spe- cialty care, diagnostic tests, procedures, and durable medical equipment). ‘‘(5) The term ‘high-value provider’ means an indi- vidual or institutional health care provider that pro- vides health care under the purchased care compo- nent of the TRICARE program and that consistently improves the experience of care, meets established quality of car

Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 10 U.S.C. § 1073a

Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. Same stored citation; legal effect and authority still require review.