False Claims Penalties Set to Double - McDermott Will & Emery

False Claims Penalties Set to Double

Overview


Amandeep Sidhu assessed the Justice Department’s plan to double the fines that healthcare providers and others must pay for False Claims Act violations, noting that “with FCA cases increasingly involving tens of thousands of claims, the application of these increased penalties could easily result in circumstances where punitive recoveries are dramatically out of proportion with single damages.” Read the full article.