The False Claims Act and Health Care: 2020 Recoveries and 2021 Outlook
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/21
False Claims Act (FCA) civil fraud recoveries in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 dropped over US$850 million when compared to those in FY 2019. While the more than US$2.2 billion in recoveries in FY 2020 continued a general downward trend in FCA civil fraud recoveries since 2016,2 the past year’s recovery total was likely affected negatively by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which caused government enforcement delays ranging from curtailed in-person meetings/interviews to extended timelines for responses...
By: K&L Gates LLP