By Adam Turteltaub

Despite being a Civil War era statute, the False Claims Act (FCA) always has something new going on.  To find out what’s hot these days, we spoke with Joshua Drew (LinkedIn), a former federal prosecutor and chief compliance officer and currently a Member at Miller & Chevalier.

Lately, he explains, there has been a steady stream of activity.

* May:  The Civil Rights Fraud Initiative was announced by the administration and proposes to use the FCA against any federal funding recipient that it believes are operating DEI initiatives that violate antidiscrimination laws.
* July:  A new working group was created between the DOJ and HHS to focus on healthcare and life sciences.  It encouraged whistleblowers to file action in areas such as Medicare Advantage, drug device and biologics pricing and barriers to patient access, amongst others.
* A trade task force was created to encourage whistleblowing against tariff violators.

All of this occurs against a backdrop of activity by the Administration to identify and fight waste, fraud and abuse.

Listen in to learn more about where the Administration is focusing and what compliance teams can learn from recent actions.