Health Care Industry Dominates False Claims Act Recoveries

Health-care fraud netted $2.5 billion for federal enforcers—including a blockbuster $270 million settlement from DaVita Medical Holdings LLC—in 2017-2018, according to a new Bloomberg Law analysis.

The health-care industry accounted for almost 90 percent of the government’s False Claims Act recoveries during 2017 and 2018, the report said. Physicians, hospitals, and clinics struggled most with False Claims Act violations that involved billing the government for services that weren’t needed and attempting to to direct business to certain drug companies or health providers, according to the report.

The False Claims Act bars companies from intentionally making or filing false claims that ...