Which type of case is not prosecuted under the federal false claims act?

The federal False Claims Act is designed to combat fraud against government programs and funds, particularly those involving healthcare services. This law primarily targets fraudulent activities that result in the government paying claims that should not have been paid, including various types of health care fraud.

Health care fraud, Medicare fraud, and Medicaid fraud all pertain directly to the wrongful submission of claims to federal programs, making them relevant to the federal False Claims Act. These cases involve scenarios where providers may submit false information or inflate claims to gain inappropriate reimbursement from government-funded healthcare programs.

In contrast, physician tax issues, although they can involve fraudulent claims, primarily fall within the domain of tax law rather than health care fraud within the context of the federal False Claims Act. Issues related to taxation pertain to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and do not typically involve the submission of fraudulent claims for payment of services rendered to government healthcare programs. Thus, they do not fit under the prosecution parameters of the federal False Claims Act.