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Company: Providence Health & Services
Current Parent Company: Providence
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Penalty: $1,439,000
Year: 2018
Date: March 29, 2018
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The Washington Attorney General announced that affiliated health care providers Providence Health & Services and Swedish Health Services agreed to pay more than $1.4 million to settle allegations that they failed to disclose use of a pathology lab that was out-of-network for many of their patients, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexpected charges for more than 6,400 Washingtonians who received pathology testing in 2015 and 2016.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Washington Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Washington
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: non-profit
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: hospitals
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