Last week, Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate of the DOJ’s Civil Division announced he had issued a memorandum that addresses DOJ attorneys and Assistant US Attorneys handling False Claims Act (FCA) cases. The intent is to compress the timeline for investigating and making intervention decisions in qui tam actions alleging
DOJ urges accelerated review for government benefits fraud qui tam cases
Assistant AG Shumate says his new directive is in response to the “rise in fraudulent schemes” targeting federal benefits programs, such as Medicaid.