Healthcare Finance News January 10, 2020
Over $2.1 billion arose from lawsuits filed by whistleblowers under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.
Of the more than $3 billion in fraud settlements and judgments the government recovered from civil cases involving fraud and false claims, $2.6 billion involved healthcare, according to the Department of Justice.
The cases include drug and medical device manufacturers, managed care providers, hospitals, pharmacies, hospice organizations, laboratories, and physicians.
The amounts included in the $2.6 billion reflect only federal losses, but in many of these cases the department was instrumental in recovering additional millions of dollars for state Medicaid programs.
Of the $3 billion in settlements reported for the fiscal year ending September 30, over $2.1 billion arose from...
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