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Company: Lincare Inc.
Current Parent Company: Linde
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Penalty: $10,000,000
Year: 2006
Date: May 15, 2006
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: HHS civil monetary penalties
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: The HHS Office of Inspector General announced that medical equipment supplier Lincare Holdings Inc. and its subsidiary Lincare Inc. agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks and violated the Physician Self-Referral (also known as Stark) Law. Lincare also agreed to be bound to a five-year company-wide corporate integrity agreement.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Health & Human Services Department Office of Inspector General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: industrial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: industrial gas
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