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Company: Eargo Inc.
Penalty: $34,370,000
Year: 2022
Date: April 29, 2022
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Billing Abuses
Violation Description: Eargo Inc., a for-profit public corporation headquartered in California that sells and dispenses hearing aid devices directly to customers nationwide, agreed to pay $34.37 million to resolve allegations that it submitted or caused the submission of claims for hearing aid devices for reimbursement to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) that contained unsupported hearing loss diagnosis codes.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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