We are pleased to bring you our 11th annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review. Our Review provides comprehensive coverage of the most significant civil and criminal enforcement issues facing healthcare providers. Each year, we endeavor to cover key enforcement initiatives, analyze important case developments and document healthcare fraud settlements across the industry, and present those topics in a readily digestible format for our readers.

To no one’s surprise, healthcare fraud enforcement remains a top priority among government regulators. The filing of qui tam lawsuits under the False Claims Act (FCA) involving healthcare providers has continued to dominate the landscape from a civil enforcement standpoint. Over the last 10 years, more than 6,700 FCA qui tam lawsuits have been filed by relators and 652 of those lawsuits were filed in the preceding year, reflecting nearly a 10% increase over the prior year...