When Constitutional Theory Collides With Health Care Accountability—The False Claims Act at a Crossroads

This Viewpoint describes the role of the False Claims Act in health care fraud prevention and discusses current constitutional challenges to qui tam civil actions made possible under the act, including potential consequences for the US health care system.

Corresponding Author: S. Sean Tu, JD, PhD, University of Alabama School of Law, 101 Paul W. Bryant Dr E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 (shinetu@gmail.com).

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