DOJ’s New Nationwide Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: Emerging False Claims Act Risk for the Health Care Industry
- June 06, 2025
- David O’Neal , Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP
- Drew Stevens , Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP
On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative aimed at using the False Claims Act (FCA) to “aggressively pursue” what the Trump administration deems to be violations of federal civil rights laws. According to the memo, “[o]ne of the most effective ways to [enforce federal civil rights law] is through vigorous enforcement of the False Claims Act . . . against those who defraud the United States by taking its money while knowingly violating civil rights laws.”
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