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Company: Newark Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Group
Penalty: $500,000
Year: 2000
Date: April 25, 2000
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: A Newark, New Jersey medical partnership of cardiac surgeons specializing in complex heart bypass and transplant surgeries agreed to pay $500,000 to the United States to settle claims that the practice submitted false claims to Medicare for the services of additional surgeons.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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