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Company: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc.
Current Parent Company: Fresenius Medical Care
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Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2019
Date: February 21, 2019
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: drug or medical equipment safety violation
Violation Description: Fresenius agreed to pay more than $5 million in settlement of allegations it violated Medicaid guidelines by failing to warn doctors and dialysis clinics that its dialysis product GrunuFlo could cause dangerously increased bicarbonate levels.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Kentucky Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Kentucky
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: dialysis services
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