The United States noted that healthcare fraud was the top source of False Claims Act violations in 2021. Five billion of the $5.6 billion total False Claims Act settlements and judgments of 2021 were related primarily to Medicare and Medicaid fraud
The DOJ obtained over $5.6 billion in False Claims Act settlements and judgments in 2021. This is the second largest amount the DOJ has obtained in cases under the False Claims Act; in 2014, the DOJ obtained almost $5.7 billion from fraud and False Claims Act settlements.