By George Breen, David Matyas and Erica Sibley (January 9, 2019, 1:11 PM EST) -- Two years into the Trump administration, the federal and state governments continue to affirm their commitment to ferreting out health care fraud. In fact, in fiscal year 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice obtained $2.88 billion in settlements and judgments from civil fraud and False Claims Act cases. Of this, over $2.5 billion (i.e., almost 90 percent) was generated from health care-related matters with qui tam relators remaining the principal driver of the DOJ's FCA enforcement efforts.[1] A review of 2018 trends in health care fraud enforcement will serve as a significant predictor of the ongoing and potentially new DOJ policy initiatives for 2019....