Now in its sixth month, the second Trump administration has made clear that the False Claims Act (FCA) will remain a central tool in its efforts to combat fraud, waste, and abuse across federal programs.
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced that they will be strengthening their collaboration to advance priority enforcement areas through a DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group (“FCA Working Group”). Originally formed in December 2020 during President Trump’s first term, the FCA Working Group is now being reestablished with renewed vigor to address key FCA enforcement priorities.
As we report annually, FCA settlements and judgments return billions of dollars to the federal treasury, with the health care and life sciences sectors accounting for the majority of those recoveries. While health care FCA statistics dipped last year, we predicted in January a “continued focus”—particularly given that the first Trump administration saw DOJ file a record number of health care-related FCA cases in a single year.
The relaunch of the FCA Working Group signals that the federal government, aided by whistleblowers, will continue to rely heavily on the FCA for health care fraud and abuse enforcement, with HHS continuing to refer potential violations to DOJ. The July 2 announcement identified six priority areas:
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