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Company: GAMBRO Healthcare
Current Parent Company: Baxter International
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Penalty: $53,100,000
Year: 2000
Date: July 13, 2000
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Billing Abuses
Violation Description: GAMBRO Healthcare, Inc. and its subsidiary GAMBRO Healthcare Laboratory Services Inc. agreed to pay $40 million to settle allegations of healthcare fraud. GAMBRO and another subsidiary, Dialysis Holdings Laboratory Services, Inc., also agreed to pay more than $13.1 million to settle similar allegations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: medical equipment and supplies
Specific Industry of Current Parent: medical supplies
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