An Ounce of Prevention: Effective Corporate Policies for Dealing with Government Investigations and Inquires

One of the first indicators that may tip off a healthcare provider or government contractor that their organization may be the subject of a False Claims Act (FCA) investigation is contact with a government investigator.  That contact may take many forms – service of a subpoena or Civil Investigative Demand (CID), an interview of an employee, or simply a phone call by a government regulator or investigator.  How an organization responds to those earliest contacts often sets the tone for how the government investigation unfolds.