On 7 February 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) publicly reported the statistics for federal civil fraud recoveries in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. While the DOJ emphasized in its accompanying press release that “the...more
In a significant departure from the general downward trend in False Claims Act (FCA) civil fraud recoveries over the past half-decade —and as predicted last year —recoveries in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 drastically increased...more
On 4 December 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the creation of a False Claims Act Working Group (Working Group), with the goal of enhancing HHS’s partnership with the Department of Justice...more
This edition of the Qui Tam Quarterly focuses on the potential False Claims Act (FCA) risk areas faced by health care provider recipients of payments from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) created by the CARES Act, as well as...more
On 19 June 2020, in a major reversal of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) previous position, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Treasury announced that they will publicize additional data...more
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I. INTRODUCTION - As discussed in recent alerts, federal and state authorities have focused their enforcement efforts on combatting fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic....more