According to the United States Government, fraud and abuse recovery has an excellent return for each investment dollar spent. According to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) Program Report,released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) on January 18, 2017, the federal government recovered more than $3.3 billion in fraudulent health care claims in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. That means for the last three years for every one dollar invested into the Program it generated a five dollar return.
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