4 Trends in Recently Unsealed False Claims Cases

An analysis of 18 recently unsealed healthcare false claims cases filed under the qui tam provision of the act has revealed the vast majority (80 percent) of the whistle-blowers were employees or former employees of the defendants in the cases, according to a National Law Review report.

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Along with finding the majority of recently unsealed cases were filed by current or former employees of the defendants, the analysis also revealed the following:

1. The government intervened in approximately half of the 18 cases, and in two of the cases the government intervened only for settlement purposes.

2. Approximately 40 percent of the cases involved both state and federal claims.

3. Claims for relief under state or federal anti-whistle-blower retaliation provisions appeared in four of the 18 cases. 

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