Criminal Health Care Fraud Enforcement Expected to Remain Robust

Although the Justice Department is scaling back enforcement of some white collar criminal laws, there’s no reason to think that health care fraud enforcement is going anywhere—at least if history is any indicator.

The DOJ was “extremely active” in health care fraud enforcement during President Donald Trump‘s first term, including two of the largest national federal health care fraud “takedowns” in history—one involving 412 defendants and another involving 601 defendants—according to Epstein Becker & Green PC partner Sarah Hall.

And to the extent enforcement priorities will focus on returning money to government coffers, health care enforcement ...