{"id":6221,"date":"2021-11-04T22:03:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T02:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/?p=6221"},"modified":"2022-11-29T16:56:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T21:56:22","slug":"legal-intelligencer-qui-tam-suits-and-veil-piercing-a-powerful-combo-for-combating-health-care-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-qui-tam-suits-and-veil-piercing-a-powerful-combo-for-combating-health-care-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Intelligencer: Qui Tam Suits and Veil Piercing: A Powerful Combo for Combating Health Care Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Healthcare-Scale-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Scale with medication on one side and money on the other\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Healthcare-Scale-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Healthcare-Scale-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Healthcare-Scale-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Healthcare-Scale-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Healthcare-Scale-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Healthcare-Scale-1000x563.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Healthcare-Scale-213x120.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>This article will discuss briefly the history of qui tam litigation, its interplay with piercing theories and the particular utility of these types of suits in the health care context.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the November 4, 2021 edition of of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\">The Legal Intelligencer<\/a>, Edward T. Kang of Kang Haggerty co-authored &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/2021\/11\/04\/qui-tam-suits-and-veil-piercing-a-powerful-combo-for-combatting-heath-care-fraud\/\">Qui Tam Suits and Veil Piercing: A Powerful Combo for Combating Health Care Fraud.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the United States federal government spent $1.1 trillion, or approximately 25% of the overall federal budget, on just four government health care programs; Medicare, Medicaid, the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In addition to these well-known programs, the Department of Defense spends tens of billions of dollars every year providing health care to service members, veterans and their families through programs like TRICARE. 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