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Qui tamcases filed (by fiscal year):

1987 32
1988 60
1989 95
1990 82
1991 90
1992 119
1993 132
1994 222
1995 277
1996 364
1997 533
1998 470
1999 482
2000 367
2001 310
2002 320
2003 334
2004 430
2005 406
2006 384
2007 364
2008 375

Recoveries in qui tam cases pursued
by DOJ (by fiscal year):

1988 $355,000
1989 $15 million
1990 $40 million
1991 $70 million
1992 $134 million
1993 $171 million
1994 $380 million
1995 $245 million
1996 $125 million
1997 $623 million
1998 $433 million
1999 $454 million
2000 $1.2 billion
2001 $1.2 billion
2002 $1.04 billion
2003 $1.48 billion
2004 $561 million
2005 $1.15 billion
2006 $1.48 billion
2007 $1.27 billion
2008 $1.03 billion
2009 More Than $1 billion

Recoveries in qui tam cases declined
by DOJ (by fiscal year):

1988 $35,431
1989

$0

1990 $75,000
1991 $69,500
1992 $994,456
1993 $5.9 million
1994 $1.8 million
1995 $1.8 million
1996 $14 million
1997 $7 million
1998 $29.2 million
1999 $62.5 million
2000 $1.8 million
2001 $125.7 million
2002 $26.1 million
2003 $85.04 million
2004 $9.3 million
2005 $7.08 million
2006 $22.6 million
2007 $159.5 million
2008 $5.95 million
2009 More than $23 million

Percentage of new qui tam cases involving HHS
as the client agency (by fiscal year):

1987 12 percent
1988-1992 15 percent each year
1993 30 percent
1994 36 percent
1995 34 percent
1996 56 percent
1997 54 percent
1998 61 percent
2003 52 percent
2004 64 percent
2005 67 percent
2006 58 percent
2007 55 percent
2008 61 percent


Summary Statistics for All
Cases Since 1986 Amendments

Numbers are not necessarily current or totally error-free,
and depend on reporting from the U.S. Attorneys' offices.

DoJ Intervened or otherwise pursued

 

1190

 

Active

 

138

 

Settled or Judgment

 

1000

 

Dismissed, no recovery

 

52

 

Unclear

 

8

DoJ Declined

 

4,134

 

Active

 

566

 

Settled or Judgment

 

219

 

Dismissed, no recovery

 

3,348

 

Unclear

 

Under Investigation by DoJ

 

875

ALL Cases Filed

 

6,199

 

Total amounts paid or to be paid to relators as
their statutory share, to date: $3.1 billion

Total recoveries for qui tam by agency
DOD: $1.72 billion ($322.66 million to relators)
HHS: $11.11 billion ($1.719 billion to relators)

Cases filed by agency
DOD: 2,406
HHS: 3,933

Relator award when DOJ intervened in or otherwise
pursued the case: average 16% of FCA recovery.

Relator award when government declined
to intervene: average 16% of FCA recovery.