Jan 18, 2026 | False Claims Act, federal investigations, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
Last Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual False Claims Act report, announcing that FCA settlements and judgments had exceeded $6.8B in fiscal year 2025 (ending 9/30/25), and noting that the total is “the highest in a single year in the...
Jan 15, 2026 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On January 14, 2026, the Department of Justice announced that several affiliates of Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay $556 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) “by submitting invalid diagnosis codes for their Medicare...
Jan 8, 2026 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid, White Collar Crime
On January 7, 2026, the Department of Justice announced that South Carolina clinical laboratory Labtech Diagnostics, and its founder and CEO had agreed to pay at least $6.8 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) and various other...
Nov 24, 2025 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On November 21, 2025, the DOJ announced that a national wound care practice and its owner had agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly causing the submission of false or improper claims to the Medicare...
Nov 18, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On November 17, 2025, the DOJ announced that knee implant manufacturer Aesculap agreed to pay $38.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act (FCA) that it sold a knee-replacement device (the VEGA System Knee System) which it alleged the company knew...
