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Company: Bayer HealthCare LLC
Current Parent Company: Bayer
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Penalty: $97,500,000
Year: 2008
Date: November 25, 2008
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Kickbacks
Violation Description: Bayer HealthCare LLC agreed to pay the United States $97.5 million plus interest to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to a number of diabetic suppliers and caused those suppliers to submit false claims to Medicare. The settlement resolved allegations that Bayer engaged in a cash-for-patient scheme through which it paid 11 diabetic suppliers to convert their patients to Bayer's products from supplies manufactured by its competitors.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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