Health Care Enforcement in 2015:
A Look Back on 2014 and Forecasting the Year Ahead

In testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Health Care in April 2011, the now-pending nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Loretta E. Lynch, stated in no uncertain terms that “fighting health care fraud is a priority of the Department of Justice.” Ms. Lynch advised the subcommittee that the Department of Justice “had enhanced its efforts to protect the public fisc from health care fraud and to help ensure the integrity of patient care,” providing examples of successful efforts by the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team and Medicare Fraud Strike Force.

In 2014, DOJ, together with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General and other federal and state agencies, methodically continued this approach, once again exacting steep monetary penalties and settlements from companies and imposing lengthy prison terms, fines, forfeiture, and restitution on individuals.

In this review, we recap some of DOJ’s words and actions in 2014, and forecast what to expect in 2015.

Hope Foster, Chair,
Health Care Enforcement Defense Practice

Bridget Rohde, Member,
Health Care Enforcement Defense Practice

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