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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Billing Abuses
Description: This list shows cases in which healthcare companies paid penalties of $25 million or more to resolve allegations that they improperly billed Medicare and other government health programs.
Penalty Total since 2000: $10,640,554,423
Number of Penalty Records: 120
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
| Top 10 Current Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| Centene | $886,076,127 | 12 |
| UnitedHealth Group | $872,300,000 | 4 |
| HCA Healthcare | $840,000,000 | 1 |
| Quest Diagnostics | $543,000,000 | 2 |
| Encompass Health | $373,000,000 | 2 |
| SCAN Health Plan | $323,670,000 | 1 |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance | $304,200,000 | 3 |
| Elevance Health | $278,170,114 | 3 |
| RWJBarnabas Health | $265,000,000 | 1 |
| Millennium Health | $256,000,000 | 1 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type  | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
| Centene Corp. | Centene | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2021 | KS-AG | $27,600,000 |
| Eargo Inc. | | | False Claims Act and related | 2022 | DOJ_CIVIL | $34,370,000 |
| Centene | Centene | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2022 | WA-AG | $32,000,000 |
| Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan | | | False Claims Act and related | 2022 | DOJ_CIVIL | $51,000,000 |
| Centene Corp. | Centene | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2022 | NE-AG | $29,343,907 |
| Centene Corp. | Centene | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2022 | TX-AG | $165,600,000 |
| BioTelemetry Inc. | Royal Philips | diversified | False Claims Act and related | 2022 | DOJ_CIVIL | $44,875,000 |
| Centene Corporation | Centene | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | IN-AG | $66,496,758 |
| Centene Corporation | Centene | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2022 | IA-AG | $44,400,000 |
| CenCal Health | | | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | CA-AG | $49,500,000 |
| NextGen Healthcare, Inc. | Thoma Bravo | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | DOJ_CIVIL | $31,000,000 |
| Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Regional Health Authority dba CenCal Health | | | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | DOJ_CIVIL | $49,500,000 |
| Lincare Holdings, Inc. | Linde | industrial services | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | USAO | $29,000,000 |
| Cigna Group | Cigna | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | DOJ_CIVIL | $172,294,250 |
| Genomic Health, Inc. | | | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | USAO | $32,500,000 |
| United Diagnostics Lab et al. | | | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | USAO | $370,000,000 |
| HealthSun Health Plans Inc. | Elevance Health | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $53,170,114 |
| Centene Corporation | Centene | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | SC-AG | $25,898,071 |
| Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Amryt Pharma | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2017 | DOJ_CIVIL | $35,000,000 |
| Health Net Inc. | Centene | healthcare services | consumer protection violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $60,000,000 |
