2022 False Claims Act Enforcement Data Shows DOJ’s Continued Focus on Healthcare Fraud, Successful Year for Whistleblowers Who Go It Alone

On Feb. 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022, the government recovered more than $2.2 billion from 351 settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act, for an average recovery of $6.2 million per settlement/judgment. While this data reflects the second-highest number of settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act in a single year, the amount of money recovered was the lowest it has been in more than a decade, with over half of the recoveries ($1.1 billion) attributable to qui tam (otherwise known as whistleblower) matters in which the government declined to intervene.