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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Accredo Health Group
Current Parent Company: Cigna
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Penalty: $14,939,401
Year: 2015
Date: May 8, 2015
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: Accredo Health Group, Inc. agreed to pay just under $15 million as part of the settlement of multistate litigation alleging that it recommended the drug Exjade to Medicaid patients in exchange for kickbacks from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, which marketed the drug. This was part of a $60 million settlement that also involved the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Connecticut
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance; managed care
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.