US Recovers $16 for Every $1 it Spends in Fighting Civil Healthcare Fraud

For each dollar the federal government spends investigating and prosecuting civil healthcare fraud, it gets more than $16 in return, even after subtracting amounts paid to whistleblowers, according to a study from Washington, D.C.-based Taxpayers Against Fraud.

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Combined civil, criminal and state recoveries under the False Claims Act from 2008 through 2012 total approximately $18.3 billion. Only federal civil returns under the FCA show a better than 16:1 return on investment, but a more robust calculation factoring both criminal and civil fines and recoveries would show an even greater return, according to the study.

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