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DOJ and HHS rewrite the playbook for health-care fraud self-disclosure

The Justice Department and HHS announced a new self-disclosure protocol for criminal health-care fraud on October 15. Companies that want to come clean now only need to disclose once to get the benefits of both agencies’ programs. It’s framed as efficiency; it also reads like an acknowledgment that the old process was needlessly clunky.

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First recorded Oct 16, 2026·Meaningfully updated 1 day ago

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DOJ and HHS rewrite the playbook for health-care fraud self-disclosure

The Justice Department and HHS announced a new self-disclosure protocol for criminal health-care fraud on October 15. Companies that want to come clean now only need to disclose once to get the benefits of both agencies’ programs. It’s framed as efficiency; it also reads like an acknowledgment that the old process was needlessly clunky.

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