Qui Tam Statistics
(as reported by DOJ in October 1997)

Total Recoveries Near $2 Billion
Filings and Returns Hit Record Levels in FY '97

Total qui tam recoveries exceed $1.83 billion, with over 2,000 qui tam cases filed since the False Claims Act was amended in 1986.  In fiscal year 1997 alone, a record 530 cases were filed and over $625 million was returned to the U.S. Treasury.

FY 1987:    33 cases FY 1988:    60 cases FY 1989:    95 cases FY 1990:    82 cases FY 1991:    90 cases FY 1992:   119 cases

FY 1993:   131 cases FY 1994:   221 cases FY 1995:   279 cases FY 1996:   363 cases FY 1997:   530 cases

Qui tam recoveries in cases pursued by DOJ:

FY 1988:   $355,000 FY 1989:   $15 million FY 1990:   $40 million FY 1991:   $72 million FY 1992:   $134 million

FY 1993:   $173 million FY 1994:   $379 million FY 1995:   $244 million FY 1996:   $127 million FY 1997:   $625 million

DOJ has intervened in or otherwise pursued 267 cases and declined 1,009.  The remainder are under investigation (these figures depend on reporting from the U.S. Attorneys' Offices.

Thirty-one million dollars has been recovered in cases declined by DOJ.  The average recovery in all qui tam cases where there has been a recovery is $7.2 million, with $1.005 million as the average relator's award and $183,000 as the median relator's award.  Relators' awards when DOJ intervened in or otherwise pursued the action, where shares have been determined, total $244 million (an average of 16% of recovery).  Relators' awards in declined cases total $8.9 million (an average of 29%.).


Health Care Fraud Accounts for Majority of New Cases

The percentage of qui tam cases involving HHS as the client agency is as follows:

FY 1987:      12% FY 1988-92: 15% each year FY 1993:      30% FY 1994:      36%

FY 1995:   34% FY 1996:   56% FY 1997:   54%

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