The record-breaking $2.2 trillion U.S. government budget to battle COVID-19 includes $100 billion for public health services. Unsurprisingly, the huge cash injection has created a risk of pandemic-related medical billings fraud. That in turn has made work for the enforcers of the False Claims Act (FCA, or Lincoln Law), which imposes liabilities on federal contractors who defraud government programmes. The potential for fraud is real, especially in a time of widespread income shortfalls. […]

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