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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Hospital Corporation of America
Current Parent Company: HCA Healthcare
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Penalty: $8,600,000
Year: 2017
Date: October 4, 2017
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: Four Houston-area hospitals affiliated with HCA -- Bayshore Medical Center, Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, West Houston Medical Center and East Houston Regional Medical Center -- agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle allegations they received kickbacks from various ambulance companies in exchange for rights to the hospitals' more lucrative Medicare and Medicaid transport referrals.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Southern District of Texas
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Texas
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: hospitals (for-profit)
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