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Introduction - The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has doubled down on eliminating healthcare fraud in government programs, including through the launch of new inter-agency groups in both the Civil and Criminal Divisions,...more
The Trump administration recently announced the renewal of a new cross-agency collaboration between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the form of the DOJ-HHS False Claims...more
The health care industry – already bracing for the financial impact of Medicaid cuts – faces another hard truth: This administration isn’t slowing the pace of health care fraud enforcement. Rather, it’s doubling down on...more
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the reestablishment of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group. Originally formed in December 2020 at...more
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced the reestablishment of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act (FCA) Working Group. While the two agencies...more
Emphasizing its commitment to enforcing the False Claims Act (FCA) and combating health care fraud, the Trump Administration recently instituted a DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group dedicated to “combating health care...more
On Wednesday, July 2, 2025, HHS and DOJ announced a new working group focused on enforcement of the False Claims Act (“FCA”). According to the announcement, the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group (“Working Group”) is a...more
On July 2, 2025, the Departments of Justice and Health & Human Services announced a joint working group aimed at “strengthening their ongoing collaboration to advance priority enforcement areas” under the False Claims Act...more
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced the next phase of the Administration’s “Whole-of-Government” approach to fighting health care...more
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced the formation of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group, signaling a continued and coordinated...more
Welcome to the Summer 2025 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and...more
On May 8, 2025, the Boston Bar Association hosted its annual White Collar Crime Conference, a reoccurring theme of which was the recognition of changing times, while also maintaining that the core principles of criminal and...more
On May 1, a whistleblower filed a complaint under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) against Aetna, Elevance Health (formerly Anthem) and Humana alleging that the insurers paid hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal...more
Medical Group and Related Parties to Pay Over $62 Million to Resolve FCA Claims for False Diagnoses - On March 26, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a California-based medical group and related parties...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement statistics on January 15, 2025, announcing that it had recovered in excess of $2.9 billion from FCA resolutions during Fiscal Year (FY)...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released the fiscal year (FY) 2024 (October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024) statistics on qui tam and non-qui tam actions under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq....more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Wednesday that settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (FCA) exceeded $2.9 billion in fiscal year 2024—up approximately 5% from last year. DOJ’s announcement...more
On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced $2.9 billion in total False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for FY 2024, a slight increase from 2023. In addition to growing recoveries, DOJ announced a new...more
Federal whistleblowers have been exposing health care fraud for years. The False Claims Act (“FCA”) contains robust whistleblower provisions and protections that reward whistleblowers with financial payouts. The process for...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced recently that settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq. (FCA) totaled approximately $2.7 billion in FY 2023 (October 1, 2022 – September 30,...more
Our False Claims Act (FCA) Team examines the Department of Justice’s increased focus on enforcement of the FCA, especially in health care matters. The DOJ initiated over 1,000 FCA matters in one year for the first time....more
On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement statistics for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023. While the $2.68 billion in total...more
2023 was another record year for False Claims Act enforcement. On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the federal government and whistleblowers were party to a record number of FCA...more
Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 11th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement returns for another exciting year for lively discussions on FCA enforcement including the ramifications of two...more
Top Reasons for 2022’s Downward Trend in False Claims Act Recoveries - Following the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) release of statistics regarding FCA settlements and judgments for the 2022 fiscal year, Law360 spoke...more