DOJ announces $2.6B health care false claims recoveries

January 13, 2020

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced its recovery of over $3 billion from False Claims Act (FCA) civil cases, including $2.6 billion from health care cases.

The press release highlights the following trends:

Health care fraud settlements and judgments have exceeded $2 billion every year for the last 10 years.
Whistleblowers continue to play a central role in FCA cases, generating over $2.1 billion in qui tam recoveries and filing 633 qui tam suits.
The DOJ remains committed to using FCA and other remedies to hold individual owners and officers responsible for corporate fraud and abuse.

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DOJ announces $2.6B health care false claims recoveries

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