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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. at al.
Current Parent Company: UnitedHealth Group
Penalty: $9,596,234
Year: 2023
Date: October 23, 2023
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced agreements with several entities that provide dialysis treatment and services to patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease or ESRD.  The defendants have agreed to pay a total of more than $9.5 million to settle civil fraud allegations that they caused double-billing to the Medicaid Program for certain medications.  Under the terms of the agreements, these providers, including DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc., Bay Ridge Sunset Park Dialysis Center, Inc., Midwood Chayim Aruchim Dialysis Associates, Inc., New York Artificial Kidney Center, Inc., The Rogosin Institute, for itself  and as successor-in-interest to Nephrology Foundation of Brooklyn, Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, New York Renal Associates, Inc., and Dialysis Clinic, Inc., have paid $3,967,083.38 to the United States under the federal False Claims Act and $5,629,151.20 to New York State under New York State's False Claims Act.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Eastern District of New York
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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