48 CFR § 873.102 - 873.102 Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s873.102"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 873.102 - 873.102 Definitions."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "873.102"
section_name: "873.102 Definitions."
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "873"
part_name: "SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR HEALTH-CARE RESOURCES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "38 U.S.C. 8127-8128; 38 U.S.C. 8151-8153; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1303; 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304."
regulatory_source: "86 FR 54118, Sept. 30, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "873"
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# 873.102 873.102 Definitions.
*Commercial service* means a service that is offered and sold competitively in the commercial marketplace, is performed under standard commercial terms and conditions, and is procured using firm-fixed price contracts. (38 U.S.C. 8153)
*Health-care providers* include health-care plans and insurers and any organizations, institutions, or other entities or individuals who furnish health-care resources. (38 U.S.C. 8153)
*Health-care resource* includes hospital care and medical services (as those terms are defined in 38 U.S.C. 1701 and services under 38 U.S.C. 1782 and 1783) any other health-care service, and any health-care support or administrative resource. (38 U.S.C. 8153))