BC Advantage - 2023 Issue 3

Recent False Claims Act Cases Shed Light Upon Compliance Scrutiny

As touted by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Members of Congress alike, including Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729, et seq. (FCA) is the federal government's primary tool to root out fraud and put money back into the federal fisc. The statistics are not out yet for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022; however, for FY 2021, the DOJ obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases (excluding Medicaid). As then Acting Assistant Attorney General Boynton indicated in a Feb. 1, 2021...

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