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Company: National Healthcare Corporation
Current Parent Company: National Healthcare Corp.
Penalty: $27,000,000
Year: 2000
Date: December 15, 2000
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Billing Abuses
Violation Description: National Healthcare Corporation agreed to pay the United States $27 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that beginning in 1991 the company submitted nursing home cost reports that falsely claimed that facility staff members spent more time caring for Medicare patients than they actually did in order to collect additional money from the federal health care program.
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: Tennessee
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: skilled nursing facilities
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