| Guest: | Kate Seikaly |
| Title: | Partner, Reed Smith |
| Summary: | The government brought in an all‑time high of $6.8 billion in False Claims Act recoveries last year, with healthcare driving most of the action. DOJ is zeroing in on managed care billing, drug‑pricing tactics, and medical‑device safety — and it’s adding discrimination in hiring and pay as a new area of focus. |
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Interview transcript:
Terry Gerton We’re going to talk about False Claims Act. The Department of Justice announced that 2025 was a record-breaking year for them, $6.8 billion in recoveries and almost 1,300 cases. What is driving this growth in False Claims Act enforcement?
Kate Seikaly I think a few different things. DOJ puts out these statistics each year. I think for 2025 the numbers exploded. Six point eight billion is definitely an eye-catching number. Part of that is, I think a couple, a handful of really big settlements that just happened to close in the fiscal year. But also, you’re absolutely right, there is just a huge explosion of these cases being filed and then resolving themselves somehow. I think what’s driving it is a lot of private action enforcement. The False...
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