A Qui Tam lawsuit is a suit brought forward by a whistleblower under the federal False Claims Act or a similar state-specific statute, like the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act. These laws were created to help catch businesses, such as hospitals, laboratories, and pharmaceutical or construction companies, who are fraudulently collecting money from the federal government. Fraud can take many forms, such as paying or receiving kickbacks, overcharging, billing for goods or services that were not provided, and falsifying eligibility for participation in programs involving state and federal funds etc. In a Qui Tam case, the whistleblower is rewarded when the government is able to successfully recover money paid to a business in a false claim.