In April 2025, a New York jury awarded $130 million to United States in a False Claims Act (FCA) case. This case shines a spotlight on both FCA enforcement, as well as broader compliance and risk management issues—especially regarding healthcare fraud risks—that companies must navigate carefully with the help of a
Category: Health Care Fraud Blog
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Coming Soon? The Next Department of Justice Healthcare Fraud Takedown Could be Right Around the Corner
Every year, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Healthcare Fraud Strike Force and various U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country conduct a nationwide enforcement action. Together with law enforcement agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Health and Human Services...
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What Are Upcoding and Unbundling?
Health care fraud occurs when a medical provider intentionally submits false or misleading information for use in determining the amount of health care benefits payable. Upcoding and unbundling are forms of health care fraud. At times, innocent health care providers can be routinely accused of upcoding, unbundling, and other forms of health...
Penalties of Health Care Fraud
Penalties for health care fraud violations can range in type and severity. Over the last several years, the federal government has been aggressively cracking down on health care fraud. Health care fraud is a type of crime that involves the filing of dishonest health care claims. Anyone who is convicted of health...
Common Types of Health Care Fraud
Health care fraud can take many forms, but there are common types of health care fraud schemes frequently prosecuted by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”). It is also a frequent subject of False Claims Act (“FCA”) qui tam suits. FCA actions have resulted in the recovery of billions of dollars on...