The Department of Justice recently announced that it secured a record $4.9 billion in settlements and judgments in civil fraud cases in FY 2012, including health care fraud recoveries totaling more than $3 billion. The Department notes that some of the largest recoveries during the year – representing nearly $2 billion — involved false claims for drugs and medical devices under federally insured health programs (with an additional $745 million returned to state Medicaid programs). The Department also reports that in FY 2012, a record 647 qui tam/whistleblower suits were filed and a record $3.3 billion was recovered in such suits.