About this episode

The episode discusses a new DOJ initiative in response to increased False Claims Act violations and highlights significant cases involving data miners.

Introducing FOCUS (Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics). The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a new initiative in response to the surge in False Claims Act qui tam filings by data miners. Today, roughly 45 percent of DOJ cases involve FCA data miners. You and your team will learn the inside story of this new initiative along with news of two significant data miner-initiated cases: a $6.73 million settlement against a California vascular physician who billed Me...

Topics covered

• False Claims Act
• DOJ initiative
• data mining
• healthcare fraud
• legal settlements

Keywords

• False Claims Act
• DOJ
• data miners
• healthcare fraud
• settlement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Department of Justice, California vascular physician

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