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Company: Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care
Current Parent Company: UnitedHealth Group
Penalty: $18,000,000
Year: 2016
Date: July 13, 2016
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: The Justice Department announced that Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care would pay $18 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it claimed Medicare reimbursement for hospice care for patients who were not eligible for such care because they were not terminally ill. Evercare, now known as Optum Palliative and Hospice Care, is a Minnesota-based provider of hospice care in Arizona, Colorado and other states across the United States.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Minnesota
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance; managed care
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