1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Fraud Detection and Deterrence Act of 2023 . 2. Strengthening health care waste, fraud, and abuse provisions (a) Deactivation of national provider identifier for certain excluded entities Section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320d–2(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Mandatory deactivation of certain identifiers (A) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall revise the standards adopted under paragraph (1) to provide for— (i) the deactivation of a standard unique health identifier of entity type 1 (as defined for purposes of such standards) assigned to an entity if such entity is excluded from participation in any Federal health care program under section 1128 or 1128A; (ii) the deactivation of a standard unique health identifier of entity type 2 (as defined for purposes of such standards) assigned to an entity if such entity is so excluded, but only if— (I) the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services submits to the Secretary a request for such deactivation; and (II) the Secretary determines such deactivation to be appropriate