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Company: Gambro Healthcare Inc.
Current Parent Company: Baxter International
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Penalty: $37,500,000
Year: 2005
Date: September 20, 2005
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Billing Abuses
Violation Description: Gambro agreed to pay $37.5 million to settle multistate litigation alleging that it improperly billed state Medicaid programs for home dialysis services.
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: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: medical equipment and supplies
Specific Industry of Current Parent: medical supplies
Source of Data: Attorney General Nixon Recovers $974,182 in Settlement with Company that Improperly Billed Medicaid for Dialysis Services, US States News, September 20, 2005 (via Nexis).
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