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2005 was a profitable year for whistleblowers
LTC Liability Monitor, October 11, 2006
Whistleblowers across the country who filed qui tam lawsuits on behalf of the federal government under the False Claims Act were awarded a grand total of $136,756,946 in 2005, according to statistics from the Department of Health and Human Services reported on in Scoop Independent News. By contrast, in 2004 whistleblowers were awarded $82,867,287. During fiscal year 2005, the federal government took in approximately $1.47 billion in judgments and settlements and attained additional administrative impositions in healthcare fraud cases. In comparison, during 2004, the government won or negotiated less than half that amount at approximately $605 million in judgments and settlements, according to Scoop.
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