The Department of Justice ("DOJ") recently announced a modest increase in monetary recoveries for 2024 from investigations and lawsuits under the False Claims Act ("FCA")...
United States Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration
Kevin M. Coffey,Ellen H. Persons,Rebecca M. Hsu +1 Authors
The Department of Justice ("DOJ") recently announced a modest increase in monetary recoveries for 2024 from investigations and lawsuits under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), which is the Government's primary tool for combating fraud, waste, and abuse. In fiscal year 2024, the DOJ recovered over $2.9 billion from FCA settlements and judgments, marking a 5% increase over 2023's total and the highest amount in three years. Recoveries were fueled largely by qui tam lawsuits previously filed by whistleblowers, which contributed to $2.4 billion of the $2.9 billion recovered. The number of qui tams filed last year was also the highest ever in a single year at 979 cases. While health care fraud continues to be the primary source of enforcement activity, the rise in lawsuits stemmed from non-health care related cases. This underscores the Government's and private citizens' intensified enforcement efforts through FCA investigations and litigation in both the health care sector and beyond.
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