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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: DaVita Healthcare Partners
Current Parent Company: UnitedHealth Group
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Penalty: $22,356,143
Year: 2015
Date: January 6, 2015
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Secondary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: DaVita Healthcare Partners agreed to pay more than $22 million to five states -- California, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky and Ohio -- to settle allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to induce the referral of patients to its dialysis clinics, thereby causing false claims to be submitted to the states' Medicaid programs.
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: Minnesota
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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