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FCA Healthcare roundup: Two cases of medically unnecessary products and services

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Our in-brief, biweekly roundup of notable DOJ False Claims Act cases related to healthcare fraud.

During the second half of February, the US DOJ announced two separate enforcement actions related to FCA violations. One case involves a scheme to refer patients for unnecessary healthcare services. The other is related to billing the US Department of Labor (DOL) millions of dollars in unnecessary prescription compound creams.