Source: ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1999. - The Department of Health and Human Services And The Department of Justice Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report For FY 1999, January 2000.

"Annual Report of the Attorney General and the Secretary Detailing Expenditures and Revenues Under the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program For Fiscal Year 1999

"Monetary Results *

    "The above transfers include certain collections, or amounts equal to certain collections, required by HIPAA to be deposited directly into the Medicare Trust Fund. These amounts include:

      "...(5) Penalties and damages obtained and otherwise creditable to miscellaneous receipts of the general fund of the Treasury obtained undersections 3729 through 3733 Title 31, United States Code (known as the False Claims Act), in cases involving claims related to the provision of health care items and services (other than funds awarded to a relator, for restitution or otherwise authorized by law).

    ( * - HIPAA requires an independent review of these deposits by the General Accounting Office (GAO).)

"(As Required by Section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act)

FOOTNOTES FROM OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE REPORT:

    "In 1998, DOJ collected, or continued to hold in suspense, an additional $96,480,614 in health care fraud cases and matters that was not disbursed to the affected agencies and/or the Account in 1998 due to: (i) on-going litigation regarding relator shares in qui tam cases that will affect the amount retained by the Federal Government; and (ii) receipt of funds late in the year that were then processed in 1999."
    Reference: The Department of Health and Human Services And The Department of Justice Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report For FY 1998, February 1999, Footnote # 3.

    "In 1999, DOJ collected, or continued to hold in suspense, an additional $96,480,614 in health care fraud cases and matters that was not disbursed to the affected agencies and/or the Account in 1999 due to: (i) on-going litigation regarding relator shares in qui tam cases that will affect the amount retained by the federal government; and (ii) receipt of funds late in the year that were then processed in FY 2000."
    Reference: The Department of Justice Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report For FY 1999, January 2000, Footnote # 3.