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FCA settlements and judgments exceeded $2.9 billion in FY 2024
Healthcare fraud remained a leading source of FCA settlements and judgments, with over $1.67 billion of the $2.9 billion recovered relating to matters involving the healthcare industry
Among the government’s top enforcement priorities for FY 2024 were the opioid epidemic and Medicare Advantage matters
On Jan. 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments exceeded $2.9 billion in the fiscal year (FY) ending Sept. 30, 2024. According to the DOJ, the government and whistleblowers were party to 558 settlements and judgments, while whistleblowers filed 979 qui tam lawsuits, the highest number ever filed in a single year.
Recoveries in whistleblower lawsuits totaled more than $2.4 billion, comprising around 83 percent of all FCA recoveries in FY 2024.
In comparison, FY 2023 settlements and judgments totaled just $2.68 billion based on 543 settlements and judgments. Approximately $2.3 billion of that was derived from whistleblower lawsuits – a number just shy of FY 2024’s.
Matters pertaining to the healthcare industry comprised the largest portion of FCA FY 2024 settlements and judgments. Recoveries for healthcare-related matters totaled over $1.67 billion, making up around 58 percent of all recoveries in FY 2024. Notably, this portion marks a slight decrease from FY 2023’s healthcare-related recoveries, which...
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