July 01, 2008
The federal government expects to recover $2.2 billion for the first half of 2008, resulting from efforts to reduce waste, fraud and abuse in federal health programs.
The Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said in its semiannual report to Congress that half of that is attributable to audit-related recoveries and the other half to investigative-related recoveries, including False Claims Act suits.