Medicaid Fraud Recoveries Drop Significantly in 2022
At $1.1 billion, total recoveries in 2022 did exceed $1 billion for the fourth year in a row, but dropped from $1.7 billion in FY 2021
At $1.1 billion, total recoveries in 2022 did exceed $1 billion for the fourth year in a row, but dropped from $1.7 billion in FY 2021
Last week’s lone lab-related enforcement action involved a prison sentence for a woman posing as a licensed physician’s assistant.
The DOJ’s 2022 Fraud Statistics Overview shows it raked in less than 50 percent of what it recovered in FY 2021.
Recent case shows that toxicology labs and drug testing remain a primary target for federal enforcement agencies.
The DOJ’s recent report on FCA enforcement statistics for FY 2022 shows that while actions are dramatically up, recoveries are way down.